Savory-Sweet Acorn Squash
Recipe: #14682
October 18, 2014
"I like acorn squash a little savory, and a tiny bit sweet! Adjust the seasonings to suit your tastes."
Original recipe yields 3 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (104.6 g)
- Calories 48.8
- Total Fat - 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.4 g
- Cholesterol - 0.3 mg
- Sodium - 17 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 6.3 g
- Protein - 1.2 g
- Calcium - 15 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 16.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400F.
Step 2
Place halved squash in a baking dish, or on a cookie sheet.
Step 3
Sprinkle coriander, salt, red pepper, and one teaspoon raw sugar over each squash cavity and up onto rim.
Step 4
Roast cut side up, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes, until fork tender.
Step 5
Remove from oven; increase oven temperature to BROIL.
Step 6
Add 1/2 teaspoon room temperature butter to each hot squash cavity.
Step 7
Spoon melted butter (and pooled sugar) carefully up onto the squash rim.
Step 8
Watching carefully, BROIL squash for 1-2 minutes until the squash begins to bubble and caramelize.
Step 9
Allow squash to cool for about 5 minutes before serving. If squash halves are large, halve again to serve four!
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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