Baked Acorn Squash with Maple Syrup
Votes: 1
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6
Complexity: easily
Servings: 6
To avoid spending all your time in the kitchen during the holiday rush, consider easy-to-prepare ingredients that create truly festive, original, and healthy dishes. One such ingredient is acorn squash. Its small, neat fruits look stunning even if simply cut in half and served baked with butter and maple syrup. The result is incredibly tasty and healthy. The key is to use only the highest quality ingredients. It can be served as a side dish with holiday turkey, chicken, or pork.
The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 3 acorn squash, halved and seeded (see Cooking Tip)
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced
- 3 tbsp maple syrup + extra for serving
- Flaked sea salt, such as Maldon, to serve
We recommend
Recipes with similar ingredients: acorn squash, maple syrup
Cooking the dish according to the recipe:
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- Place the pumpkins cut-side up on a baking sheet. Spread 1/2 tablespoon of butter and 1/2 tablespoon of maple syrup into the cavities of each half. Brush the cut sides with olive oil and sprinkle the pumpkins with 3 teaspoons of coarse salt and 1 teaspoon of black pepper. Bake for 40-60 minutes, depending on the size of the pumpkins, until tender when pierced with a small knife.
- Place the pumpkin on a serving platter. If the halves are too large for a single serving, cut each piece in half again. Drizzle lightly with maple syrup, sprinkle with sea salt, and serve hot.
Culinary advice
Acorn squash is difficult to cut. To cut it in half, insert the tip of a large chef's knife into the edge of the squash as deeply as possible. Holding the knife handle, slash the squash (with the knife still inside) against a board until the blade cuts through the fruit.
Categories:
Similar recipes
