Creamy Acorn Squash Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place squash, pointed-side up, on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender, about 1 hour. Cool squash until easily handled. Cut squash in half, remove seeds and stringy parts of meat, and peel skin from the squash and discard.
• Mash the squash meat in a bowl and measure 1 cup meat.
• Combine 1 cup squash meat and butter in a saucepan; add enough water to make squash stir-able. Cook squash mixture over low heat until squash softens, adding more water if needed to thin the squash, about 15 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool squash mixture.
• Beat egg yolks and brown sugar together in a bowl using a whisk until thickened.
• Heat cream and milk together in a saucepan over low heat until mixture begins to simmer. Gradually pour cream mixture into the egg yolk mixture and beat until smooth to temper the eggs. Pour the cream-egg mixture into the saucepan; simmer over low heat until mixture is thickened and easily coats the back of a spoon, about 20 minutes. Strain cream mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a large bowl and cool to room temperature.
• Beat squash mixture into cream mixture until smooth; stir in vanilla extract, ginger, salt, and allspice. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until completely chilled, at least 4 hours.
• Stir cream mixture and transfer to an ice cream maker and follow manufacturer's instructions for making ice cream.

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes- do not brown.
• Add squash, chicken stock and apple cider and simmer until squash is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Puree mixture in processor or blender; strain into another saucepan and place over medium heat.
• Stir in cream and heat through;do not boil.
• Add curry powder and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls, garnish with minced parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Halve squash and scoop out seeds and pith.
• Place squash cut side down on greased jelly roll pan. Pierce squash with fork several times.
• Bake at 350˚ for 1 hour. Done when fork easily pierces.
• Remove squash from oven and allow to cool down.
• Remove squash from shell into bowl.
• Saute onion in butter.
• Combine squash, onion, and sour cream until uniform.
• May be stored in refrigerator and warmed in 250 oven before serving.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter. Stir in flour, bouillon, dill, curry and cayenne until blended. Gradually add broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add the squash, salt and pepper; heat through., In a blender, process the soup in batches until smooth. Pour into bowls; sprinkle with bacon.

Steps:

• Warm the oil in a soup pot/dutch oven. Add in the onions and allow them to cook over medium heat until translucent (about 5-7 minutes).
• Add in the acorn squash, let that cook together for a few minutes along with the sage.
• Add in the broth followed by the lentils; stir well and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, bring back down to medium heat, cover and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes, until the squash is soft.
• With the squash nicely cooked and the lentils cooked and starting to break up on their own, turn the heat off and blend until smooth (either in batches using a blender, or using an immersion blender).
• Garnish with some fresh chives, chopped or in a few long sprigs. A dollop of something creamy would be great as garnish too.