stuffed butternut squash recipe – Rants Raves and Recipes

Stuffed Butternut Squash

Today’s visit to the green grocer had these small butternut squash catching my eye. I had pork tenderloin defrosting that I was planning on stuffing and I thought these would go great with the pork.

Ingredients for Stuffed Butternut Squash

Butternut squash
4 slices thick bacon diced
1 McIntosh apple peeled,cored diced
1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds
1 large shallot diced
3 cloves of garlic minced
salt & peppr
1/4 cup half & half
4 sage leaves chopped fine
1 tbs butter

Directions for making Stuffed Butternut Squash

Preheat oven to 400°.

If you are going to prepare the ingredients a while before baking, place the diced apple into a bowl with enough water to cover and with a little lemon juice added to keep it from browning.

Cut the squash in half length wise. Scoop out seeds. I cut a small area on bottom of the bulb so it will sit flat in the baking dish .

**cut small piece off bottom of the bulb so it will sit straight**

Place about a 1/2 tbs of butter in each of the seed hollows and place the squash into the oven for about 40 minutes basting the surface of the squash with the butter a few times during baking. Remove squash from oven and let cool.

When cool enough to handle, scoop out the squash with a melon baller or spoon. Chop the scooped out squash.

In a frying pan cook the bacon well. When cooked drain off excess fat. Add the shallot and garlic and cook for a few minutes until they begin to soften. Add the apple, squash,sage,salt, pepper and almonds and cook for a few minutes; then add the half & half and mix completely. Place the squash shells into a baking dish, fill with the stuffing and cover the dish with foil. Bake at 400° for about 30 minutes. Take the foil off the dish and let bake an additional 5 minutes.

Serve and wait for the compliments.

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