11/16/2023 0 Comments Oven baked acorn squash reciepeI’ve found a new squash love and Dear Butternut Squash, please don’t be jealous. I’m obsessive about acorn squash now and it took me this long to finally discover their flavor and cooking appeal. Before I knew it, the squash was finished and I was eating the warm, flavorful slices like candy. How long do you cook squash slices Roast them on a parchment-lined baking sheet in a 400F oven until theyre caramelized and tender, about 30 minutes. Yes, this silly little dish put me in a good mood. Use a sharp chefs knife to slice off the top of the squash, then place it cut side down. The oven roasting aromas of browning butter, sage and toasted pine nuts had me humming Christmas songs in the kitchen. If you can get past the initial cuts with a good sharp knife with safety and all your 10 digits still attached to your hand, this acorn squash recipe is as easy as pie and will be a sure winner to any holiday meal. Personally, I’ve never toyed with this thought, although hard squashes do make great paper weights. One can probably use it as a lethal weapon and if thrown with enough force, the acorn squash can probably take our your enemy pretty quickly. The only difficult part about preparing acorn squash (or most hard winter squashes for that matter) is that it’s as hard as rock when it’s raw. If you’re a home cook who doesn’t own a good sharp knife, beware. I won’t make such a broad generalization that this recipe is so SIMPLE (although that’s the truth) because there is one step that can be intimidating. Now I wish I had tried it sooner because now I’m asking: Dear Acorn Squash. I was visually hooked and put this dish on my mental notes of “”. It wasn’t until I started food blogging that I really understood the appeal of these cute acorn shaped globes.Īfter 2 holidays of food blogging, I read a mountain of blog posts about roasted or baked acorn squash and every single post was dripping with amazing butter, sugar and more butter and sugar. Because of my love of butternut squash, acorn squash always seemed to hide in in the shadows of my other squash love affairs. Baked acorn squash was never a dish that I obsessed over.
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