Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish recipe

All Recipes Side Dish Vegetables Squash

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 sweet onion, chopped
1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste
1 cup water, or more as needed
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 cup red wine
½ cup cranberry juice
½ cup water
1 tablespoon mulling spices
1 ¼ cups raisins
8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled

Nutrition Info

204.9 calories
carbohydrate: 30 g
cholesterol: 17.5 mg
fat: 6.8 g
fiber: 3 g
protein: 5.6 g
saturatedFat: 4.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 111.9 mg
sugar: 16.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until translucent and soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir butternut squash, apples, and 1 cup water into onion mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

  2. Pour squash mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down, pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Transfer puree to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.

  3. Stir wine, cranberry juice, and 1/2 cup water together in a saucepan. Bring wine mixture to a boil, add mulling spices, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add raisins and simmer until plumped, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard wine mixture.

  4. Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

Butternut squash, apple, and onion are simmered together, then pureed with spiced red wine, mixed with cranberry juice-reconstituted raisins, and topped with creamy fresh goat cheese. Try using a combination of regular and golden raisins, or Craisins®. This dish is sure to make an elegant accoutrement!

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