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Fall and Winter ...Favorite Restaurant Recipe
Baked Acorn Squash Recipe
Squash is a classic harvest side dish but with this restaurant
recipe and even though many of my restaurant guests are meat
lovers, most of them can actually make a meal out of this baked
squash recipe.
Squash can be roasted, baked or puréed. Cook a squash, remove the flesh, mash it and serve it
that way or make a soup, muffins, breads or even desserts. Pumpkin pie anyone? ☺
Squash really is delicious when baked with brown sugar (or honey) and butter. It has a sweet,
nutty flavor that everyone seems to love.
Small individual squash can be served whole and when I have these on hand, I usually stuff them
with sausage and other meats or other vegetables with seasonings and then bake them.
This squash recipe assumes the larger size that you must cut into portions. Make sure you use a
sharp knife when you do so and please be very careful.
Acorn Squash Recipe
Preparation time: 15 minutes. Serves 4.
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Ingredients:
2 small acorn squash
Melted butter as needed
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions:
Wash and cut (be careful) squash in half length wise (if using one medium-large squash, cut
again into portion size servings)
Scrape out seeds
Brush the surface of the flesh and the cavity with melted butter (I like a lot)
Place the squash pieces close together; cut side down, on a baking sheet
Bake at 350 degrees F until almost tender (about 35-40 minutes)
Turn squash cut side up and brush again with butter
Sprinkle the cavities with brown sugar and salt
Bake again for 10-15 minutes until the surface is glazed
Add butter and serve. You and your guests may want to add your own salt and pepper to suit
your individual tastes and/or diets.
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