Winter Squash with Spiced Butter

Name: Winter Squash with Spiced Butter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 0 teaspoons ground cardamom; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground coriander; 0 teaspoons ground cumin; 10 servings Kosher salt; 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice; 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 177 milliliters pomegranate seeds; 1 Tbsp crushed dried rose petals (optional); 118 milliliters (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 kilograms assorted small winter squash (such as acorn, kabocha, or delicata)

Winter Squash with Spiced Butter is a gluten free, primal, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian side dish. One serving contains 177 calories, 2g of protein, and 10g of fat. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 10. It will be a hit at your Winter event. If you have lime juice, ground cardamom, ground cinnamon, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Mix all ingredients exceptsalt in a small bowl until lime juice isincorporated. Season with salt. Cover; keepin a cool place. DO AHEAD: Spiced buttercan be made 1 week ahead.

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Lime Juice

Salt

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Bowl

Roll into logs,wrap in parchment paper, and refrigerate forup to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.

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Roll

Wrap

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Baking Paper

Trim ends of acorn and kabochasquash and cut in half through the stemend. Scrape out seeds and place squash cutside down on a cutting board (do not peel).

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Squash

Seeds

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Cutting Board

Cut halves crosswise into 1/2" slices. If usingdelicata squash, cut crosswise into 1/2" rings;scrape out seeds.

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Squash

Seeds

Fill a large wide pot with water to a depthof 1/2" and add a pinch of salt; bring to a boil.

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Water

Salt

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Pot

Add squash slices; reduce heat to mediumlow.Cover and steam, adding more water asneeded to maintain 1/2" of water at bottomof pot, until squash is tender but not fallingapart, 20-25 minutes.

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Squash

Water

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Pot

Carefully transfer squash slices to a largeplatter (some squash at bottom of pot maybe too soft; save for another purpose

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Squash

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Pot

andseason with salt.

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