Acorn Squash Soufflé Food

ACORN SQUASH SOUFFLé

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. On a foil lined baking sheet, place acorn squash halves face down. Roast in oven 30-40 minutes, or until flesh of squash is soft and can be easily pierced with a fork. Let cool, then scoop out squash flesh into a large mixing bowl. Turn down oven to 350 degrees.
• In the mixing bowl, add to squash the eggs, heavy cream, melted butter, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, and salt, mixing thoroughly with a whisk to break up all the chunks of squash into a smooth, even texture. Pour into a baking dish greased with coconut oil or butter. Cook in oven for 30 minutes, or until casserole is turning slightly golden brown on top. Meanwhile, toast pecan pieces in a sauté pan on medium high heat for 4-6 minutes, tossing often and being careful not to burn. Top casserole with toasted pecan pieces and serve.

ACORN SQUASH SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Wash squash. Cut squash in half and scoop out seeds. Place squash halves skin side up in 1/2 inch water in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Using tongs turn squash halves over. Put 1 tbs butter in each half. Bake again for 30 minutes or until flesh is tender. Cool for 30 minutes. Carefully remove squash from baking pan and pour butter into a bowl. Without damaging skin, carefully scoop out flesh from each squash half and put into same bowl. In blender or food processor, puree the squash with the reserved butter, sugar, spices, and egg yolk. Pour into mixing bowl. Whip the egg whites with the salt until it forms stiff peaks. FOLD into the puree. Work quickly but carefully, preserving the egg white volume. Pour souffle mixture into squash skin halves and bake 25 minutes or until the tops are brown and beginning to crack. Serve immediately.

ACORN SQUASH SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cut the acorn squash into halves. Scrape out the seeds and stringy membrane from the centers and discard. Place the halves cut side down on the parchment paper.
• Bake for about 1 hour, until soft. Let stand for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully scoop out the flesh while keeping the shell intact. Transfer the pulp to the bowl of a food processor. Reserve the shell. Puree the pulp until smooth. Transfer the pulp to cheesecloth and gently squeeze to remove excess juices. Return the puree to the food processor. (Pulp should measure about 4 cups total.)
• In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and then let cool slightly.
• Add the eggs, flour, baking powder, sugar, and cinnamon to the squash in the food processor bowl. Process until well mixed. Add the melted butter. Pulse until smooth.
• Place the squash shells in glass baking dishes. (You may need to use two 9 x 13-inch pans.) Spoon the squash mixture into the shells. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until set. Serve immediately.

BAKED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place squash in a shallow baking pan, cut side down.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tender.
• Turn cut side up; season with salt and pepper, dot with butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake for 20 minutes more.

SQUASH SOUFFLE ( ACORN, BUTTERNUT OR HUBBARD )

Steps:

• Pour enough water into a large pot to come about 1 inch up the side. Set a vegetable steamer in the pot, and put the squash chunks into the steamer. Cover the pot, bring the water to a boil over moderately high heat, and steam the squash for 25 to 30 minutes or until it is tender and shows no resistance when pierced with the tip of a small knife.
• Puree the squash through a food mill or fine sieve set over a bowl lined with dampened cheesecloth. Wrap the cloth around the squash and, holding the ends in both hands, squeeze vigorously to remove as much of the moisture from the squash as possible. There should be about 2 cups of puree. Set it aside in a bowl.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375°F With a pastry brush, spread a light coating of melted or softened butter evenly over the bottom and sides of a 2-quart soufflé dish.
• In a heavy 2 to 3 quart saucepan, melt the 3 Tablespoons of butter in the oil over moderate heat. Stir in the flour and mix to a paste. Stirring constantly with a wire whisk, pour in the milk and cream, and cook over high heat until the mixture comes to a boil, thickens heavily and is smooth. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for two or three minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the squash. Then beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the sugar, nutmeg, 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of white pepper, and taste for seasoning.
• With a whisk or a rotary or electric beater-and in an unlined copper bowl, if possible-beat the 5 egg whites until they are firm enough to stand in peaks on the beater when it is lifted from the bowl. Stir two or three large spoonfuls of the whites into the squash mixture to lighten it, then gently but thoroughly fold in the remaining whites.
• Pour the soufflé mixture into the buttered dish, and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Bake in the middle of the oven for 40 minutes or until the soufflé puffs up well above the rim and the top is lightly browned. Serve at once. Serves 4 to 6.
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ACORN SQUASH WITH POLENTA SOUFFLé AND PULLED PORK

Steps:

• To make the pulled pork, combine the spices and sugar, rub them all over the pork roast and refrigerate overnight.
• Soak the wood chips in water 20 minutes before cooking. When ready to cook, partly fill a metal bowl with water. In the bottom of a charcoal grill, surround the bowl with charcoals. Ignite the coals, and when they are white, place the roast, fat side up, over the bowl and add some wood chips to the fire. Cook, covered, 4 to 6 hours, adding wood chips and charcoal every hour as needed, until the roast has reached an internal temperature of 185 degrees. Allow it to cool for an hour before removing the fat and pulling the pork into pieces.
• Meanwhile, make the acorn squash. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Slice off the tops of the squash and enough off the bottoms to make them sit flat. Scoop out the seeds and rub about 2 teaspoons of butter inside each. Roast for 40 minutes and keep warm.
• To make the polenta souffle, melt the butter in a medium pan. Stir in the corn flour and cornmeal and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Mix in the milk and 1 cup water and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Beat 2 tablespoons water into egg yolks, then stir thoroughly into the flour mixture. Add the salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, whisk the egg whites until they form stiff but not dry peaks; gently mix them into the polenta, using a wooden spoon.
• Place about cup of the pulled pork in each squash, and over that, spoon in 1/4 to 1/2 cup of the souffle mixture. Bake until the souffle has become puffy and brown, 30 to 40 minutes. Serve immediately alongside additional pulled pork.