Acorn Squash Roasted With Applesauce Recipe

Submitted by Derf2440

"I finally found a squash recipe that DH likes and enjoyed. This is so simple, revised to suit our taste, from Chef Micheal Smith, my favourite TV chef."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 2

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ingredients

1 acorn squash
vegetable oil cooking spray
1 cup applesauce
4 teaspoons butter
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt (to taste)
¹⁄₄ teaspoon fresh ground pepper (to taste)
¹⁄₂ cup water

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directions

Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
Cut squash in half, crossways, scrape out the seeds. Spray baking dish with veggie spray. Place skin side down, cut side up in baking dish.
Put 1 teaspoon of butter in each half of squash, sprinkle each half with salt and freshly ground pepper.
Fill each squash half with 1/2 cup applesauce, top with remaining butter and sprinkle again with salt and pepper.
Pour water around squash.
Roast on middle rack of oven for approximately 1 hour or until golden brown and caramalized.

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All I have to say is this recipe is fabulous and easy! The only addition I made was to sprinkle top with a touch of cinnamon & brown sugar.... DELICIOUS! This one had DH proclaiming at the table... "I love Gourds!" LOL! Thanks for a seasonal & delicious side dish, Derf!

Janni402
I have a similar recipe except that it has a sprinkle of brown sugar and it states to garnish with currant jelly!

Oolala
Wonderful recipe! I had two tiny acorns; they were so cute filled with applesauce! My homemade applesauce was a little tart, so I added some brown sugar, but not much. Easy and different recipe I will use often! Thanks!

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Kaarin
I liked this but it didn't rock my world...but hey, it's hard to have earth shattering squash. I used homemade apple sauce and baked as instructed. There seemed to be a lot of apple sauce in that there was more sauce than squash, but maybe that was just my particular squash. Would do again, maybe with the addition of some nuts or something for texture.

Len23
I also love chef Michael Smith and have used this recipe a lot lately ! I actually take the time to make the applesauce and then fill the sqush with it. It makes the world of difference using homemade applesauce. But this recipe is a keeper if you love squash !

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