Roasted Acorn Squash With Spinach And Gruyere Food

MAPLE-ROASTED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the squash, cut sides up, on a sheet pan. Place 1/2 tablespoon butter and 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup in the cavity of each squash. Brush the cut sides with olive oil and sprinkle the squash with 3 teaspoons kosher salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Roast for 40 to 60 minutes, depending on the size of the squash, until tender when pierced with a small knife.
• Place the squash on a serving platter. If the halves are too large for one serving, cut each piece in half through the stem. Drizzle lightly with extra maple syrup, sprinkle with sea salt, and serve hot.

PARMESAN ROASTED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Toss squash slices, Parmesan cheese, thyme, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a bowl until the squash is evenly coated; spread into a jelly roll pan.
• Roast in preheated oven until golden brown and tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

ACORN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH GRATIN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Roast your garlic. Peel the paper off the garlic head; Chop the top of your garlic head and place the whole head in a tin foil, sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper, and roast at 400F for an hour. Once your garlic is roasted, remove it from the oven and let it cool off. Keep the oven hot at 400F.
• Peel and cut your squash (unless you purchased pre-cut then skip this step). In order to make it easier to peel, cut the squash in half, place in a microwave for 2 minutes; let cool before peeling; then peel and cut into about 1-inch squares;
• Place both squashes into a large pot with salted water and bring to boil; reduce to simmer and partially cover; cook squashes until fork-tender for about 20 minutes;
• Peel the potatoes and sliced them in 1/4 inch thick slices; place potatoes in a pot of salted water, bring to boil, then reduce to simmer, cover and cook until tender for about 10 minutes;
• Chop your onions, heat up a skillet, add some olive oil, onions and dry tyme; sprinkle with some salt and pepper and cook until onions are soft and translucent (for approx, 5 minutes); Squeeze out garlic cloves from the roasted garlic head and add them to the onions; break the garlic using wooden spoon and mix all together;
• Drain your squashes in a colander and place back into a large bowl. Using a potato masher, roughly mash the squashes;
• Add onions, thyme and garlic mixture into the bowl; add salt, pepper, fresh nutmeg and mix everything gently; check for seasoning and adjust as needed;
• Once potatoes are fork-tender, drain them and to the bowl with squashes;
• Transfer the squashes mixture into a 9x13 baking dish,
• Pour milk over the squashes mixture;
• Step 11: Shred your Gruyere cheese and place it on top of the milk;
• Transfer the baking dish into the preheated oven to 400F and bake for 30 minutes until bubbly and golden brown;
• Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before serving.

ACORN SQUASH WITH SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place squash, cut side down, in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Fill pan with hot water to a depth of 1/2 in. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes., Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute celery and onions in oil until tender. Add the spinach and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook and stir until spinach is wilted. , In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, pecans and remaining salt. Drain water from baking pan. Turn squash cut side up. Stuff with spinach mixture; sprinkle crumb mixture over top. Dot with butter. Bake 15 minutes longer or until the squash is tender.

ROASTED ACORN SQUASH WITH BOURBON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cover a cookie sheet with tin foil.
• Place the acorn squash halves on the tin foil and fill each half equally with the remaining ingredients.
• Bake until soft, approximately 45 minutes.
• Serve hot from the oven.

ROASTED ACORN SQUASH WITH SHALLOTS AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Combine all ingredients on a large, rimmed baking sheet.
• Toss well to coat and spread in a single layer.
• Roast, stirring once halfway through, until the squash is browned and tender, 35-40 minutes.

SPINACH-STUFFED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Brush insides of the acorn squash with melted butter. Dust with garlic powder. Place acorn squash halves cut-side up on the baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender, 50 to 60 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook red bell pepper until tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in onion and cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in spinach until it turns dark green, about 3 minutes.
• Stir bread crumbs into the skillet; cook until lightly toasted, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat; add Parmesan cheese. Mix in feta cheese thoroughly. Season mixture with salt and pepper.
• Fill acorn squash halves with the red bell pepper mixture, mounding it slightly on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until evenly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.

TWICE-BAKED ACORN SQUASH

Steps:

• Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place squash upside down on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until tender. Scoop out squash, leaving a 1/4-in. shell., In a large bowl, combine the squash pulp, spinach, bacon, 6 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, green onion, butter, salt and cayenne. , Spoon into shells. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through and top is golden brown.

ROASTED ACORN SQUASH WITH CHILE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Halve squash lengthwise, then cut off and discard stem ends.
• Scoop out seeds.
• Cut squash lengthwise into wedges.
• Toss squash with salt, pepper, and 1 table spoon oil.
• Place on baking sheet lined with foil or parchment and roast until tender, 25-35 minutes.
• For the vinaigrette, mince the garlic and place in small bowl.
• Add lime juice, chile and cilantro.
• Mix in remaining olive oil.
• To serve, drizzle squash with vinaigrette.

ROASTED ACORN SQUASH WITH SPINACH AND GRUYERE

Steps:

• Rinse the squash and cut each in half lenghthwise: scoop out and discard seeds; Place squash halves, cut side down, in a 10-by-15 inch pan.
• Bake in a 400 degree regular or convection oven until squash is just tender when pierced, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, squeeze moisture from spinach; in a bowl, mix spinach, 3/4 cup cheese and walnuts; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• With tongs or a spatula, turn squash halves over and spoon spinach mixture equally into cavities of squash; Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
• Return squash to oven and bake until cheese melts and filling is hot in the center, 15 to 20 minutes, Serve.