Pureed Butternut Squash Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place squash in a large shallow baking dish. Drizzle with butter, and toss to coat. Cover with parchment-lined foil. Transfer to oven, and cook until tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, clean seeds and transfer to a small baking sheet; bake until dried out. When dried, cook in 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium skillet until golden. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, and let stand until cool.
• Using an immersion blender or working in batches in a blender, puree squash until smooth. Stir in honey, salt, and nutmeg. Transfer to a serving bowl, and garnish with roasted seeds.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place squash on a baking sheet, flesh-side up.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender and slightly brown, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Cool until easily handled.
• Scoop flesh into a food processor; pulse until smooth. Add chicken stock, 1/4 cup at a time, while continuing to pulse, until smooth. Season puree with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat butter and oil over medium heat. Add onion and carrot; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in squash, stock, sage, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-15 minutes or until squash is tender. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Process in a blender until smooth. Sprinkle servings with pepper flakes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Cut stem off of squash. Cut squash lengthwise and remove seeds and pulp. Put squash halves face down in a baking dish. Add 1/4 inch of water.
• Bake the squash for 20 minutes with cut side down down, then 20 minutes with cut side up (when you flip them over you can add a little honey and/or cinnamon if you so desire). Bake until a knife can easily enter the flesh but remove from oven before the squash becomes entirely mushy.
• Allow squash to cool enough to handle. Remove peel with paring knife, and cut peeled squash into pieces of approximately 1-2 inches.
• Put pieces in food processor, along with the rest of the ingredients. Puree until smooth.

Steps:

• Cut the squash into 2-inch chunks and place in a large pot. Add water to just cover and place over high heat. Cook until the squash is just barely tender, 25 to 40 minutes. (Do not overcook or the squash will become watery.) Drain well.
• Transfer the squash to a bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until smooth. Beat in the butter. Beat in the sugar. Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir in the nutmeg.

Steps:

• Pare the squash, remove the seeds and cut into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Place the cubes in a saucepan, cover with water and add salt. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer 5 minutes or until tender.
• Drain and put through a food mill or food processor. Return the puree to the saucepan and add the butter, honey, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Blend well until smooth. Serve hot with the ham loaf.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Place butternut squash, cut-sides up, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the insides are soft enough to be scooped out with a spoon, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly, then scoop flesh into a food processor and puree until smooth.
• Meanwhile, place spaghetti squash, cut-sides down, in a microwave-safe container. Add 1 inch of water and microwave on high until insides are soft, about 12 minutes. Let cool slightly, then use a fork to pull out strands of flesh.
• Transfer pureed butternut squash to a pot with stock, milk, Cheddar cheese, and Parmesan cheese; bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer until sauce begins to thicken, about 2 minutes. Add pepper, cayenne, nutmeg, and salt and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and mix in spaghetti squash.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle each serving with bread crumbs.