Roasted Acorn Squash and Garlic Mash

Name: Roasted Acorn Squash and Garlic Mash
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 acorn squash, halved crosswise and seeded; 1 Gala apple, cored and diced into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 head garlic, wrapped in foil; 1 leek, diced (white and pale green parts only); 6 servings Salt; 1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme leaves; 7 Tbsps unsalted butter, divided

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Roasted Acorn Squash and Garlic Mash a try. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 207 calories. Head to the store and pick up acorn squash, galan apple, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and vegetarian diet.

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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

Place the squash, cut sides down, in a glass baking dish.

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Squash

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Glass Baking Pan

Place the baking dish into the oven and pour enough water into the baking sheet to fill halfway up the sides (this will help steam the squash so it doesn't dry out, making the flesh easier to mash).

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Squash

Water

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Baking Sheet

Baking Pan

Oven

Place the foil-wrapped garlic directly on an oven rack. Roast the garlic and squash until very tender, about 1 hour. Cool slightly.

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Garlic

Squash

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Aluminum Foil

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Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a heavy, small skillet over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the leeks and apple and saute until crisp tender, about 6 minutes. Season with salt, to taste.

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Apple

Leek

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Scoop the cooled acorn squash flesh into a large bowl. Using a potato masher, mash the flesh until smooth. Unwrap the garlic and squeeze the roasted garlic flesh into the squash puree.

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Roasted Garlic