Apricot Crab Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Place squash in a greased 13x9-in. baking pan; drizzle with 1/4 cup apricot nectar. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and white pepper. Bake, covered, until fork-tender, 35-40 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add green onions; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until tender. Add apricots and garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in half-and-half and the remaining apricot nectar, salt and white pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer for 5 minutes. Gently stir in crab; heat through., Arrange squash on a serving dish; spoon crab mixture over top. Sprinkle with additional green onions.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange squash halves, cut-side up, in a roasting pan. Run a fork through the meat of each half, creating grooves. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and pepper; dot with butter pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat is tender enough to puncture with a fork, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add wild rice, cranberries, and chicken stock; cook and stir until rice and cranberries have absorbed the chicken stock, about 5 minutes.
• Spoon the sausage filling into each squash half. Return stuffed squash to oven and bake until flavors have blended, 5 to 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Cut the squash in half horizontally. Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds. Carefully trim each half so it sits level. With a fork liberally prick the inside of each squash. Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon of port, rub each with half a tablespoon of butter, and place in a baking pan.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the remaining port in a bowl. Add the prunes, grated lemon and orange rind, and ground ginger, and allow to sit for 30 minutes. Then add the chestnuts and stir. Reserve 6 of the apple quarters. Chop the remaining quarters, and toss with the prunes and chestnuts. Spoon the filling into each squash half. Use a sharp knife to cut the remaining apple quarters into thin slices, and fan them out on top of each squash. Use the remaining butter to dot the sliced apple. Sprinkle each half with brown sugar.
• Add boiling water to the baking pan to the depth of 1 inch. Bake for 1 hour until the squash is soft and the apples are golden.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut squash lengthwise in half; remove seeds. Cut a thin slice from bottoms to level if desired. Place in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish, cut side up., Mix remaining ingredients; spoon over squash. Bake, covered, 45 minutes. Uncover; bake until tender, 15-20 minutes.