Roasted Acorn Squash with Maple Butter
Description
You can get away with using about a tablespoon of sauce in each squash half, which will leave you with plenty of sauce to repeat the recipe on the following evening. So, you could either halve the sauce recipe or make it as is and save some of it for a future evening or just go all out and use it all.
Ingreadient :
- 3 acorn squash
- extra-virgin olive oil, for rubbing the squash
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (see notes re halving this part of the recipe)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander (optional, I omit because of the little people in the house)
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Direction :
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a heavy chef’s knife, carefully cut each squash lengthwise in half. Using a spoon, scoop out the seeds and the stringy interior and discard. Rub the squash halves with olive oil and place them cut side down on the prepared baking sheet.
- Place the squash in the oven and bake until nearly tender (test with paring knife), about 25 minutes, rotating the baking sheet halfway through baking.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together the butter, maple syrup, coriander (if using), and salt.
- Remove the squash from the oven, turn them cut side up and pour the maple butter evenly into the cavities — I use about a tablespoon per cavity. Return the squash to the oven and bake until it is totally tender, the maple butter is absorbed and everything is slightly caramelized, about 20 minutes longer. Serve hot. Sprinkle additional sea salt on top if necessary.
