Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish
Recipe by kelise from allrecipes.com
Dinner,Side Dish 40 Mins.
Ingredients
12
12 servings
- •1 tablespoon butter
- •1 sweet onion, chopped
- •1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
- •2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste
- •1 cup water, or more as needed
- •salt and ground black pepper to taste
- •1 cup red wine
- •½ cup cranberry juice
- •½ cup water
- •1 tablespoon mulling spices
- •1 ¼ cups raisins
- •8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until translucent and soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir butternut squash, apples, and 1 cup water into onion mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pour squash mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Transfer puree to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir wine, cranberry juice, and 1/2 cup water together in a saucepan. Bring wine mixture to a boil; add mulling spices, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add raisins and simmer until plumped, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard wine mixture.
- Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.
Nutritional Facts
Per 12 servings
- Calories: 205
- Carbohydrate: 30g
- Fat: 7g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Sugar: 17g
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