Recipe: Roasted Butternut Squash Puree with Goat Cheese

Let's get started on fall foods - we're more than ready for crisp apples and orange pumpkins with warm spices. This butternut squash puree is a gateway food from summer to fall; the orange color and warm, silky texture are all fall, but the bright goat cheese that gives this its deep, rich flavor says summer to us.

This is an easy evening dish - put the squash in to roast while you're making a salad and grilling some chicken. It takes just a moment to scoop out and puree, and the texture is as smooth and delicious as good summer ice cream.

Roasted Butternut Squash Puree with Goat Cheese
serves 2

2 pound butternut squash
1/4 cup torn sage leaves
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 ounce soft mild goat cheese

Heat the oven to 375°F. Cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Rub lightly with olive oil and put the sage leaves in each squash cavity. Rub in a bit of salt and pepper. Turn upside down in a pie pan and roast for about an hour or until very tender. Let cool for five minutes, then scoop out the flesh and puree with the goat cheese.

Comments (7)

That sounds delicious.

A few nights ago, I made a squash and mascarpone cheese risotto from a Jamie Oliver recipe. I was divine and was a great way to use an armful of ripe, garden fresh yellow squash a coworker gave me.

She also gave me a few heirloom tomatoes, which were served sliced on the side of the risotto with a few cracks of pepper and flecks of sea salt.

Yum yum yum!

Oh, a friend also found a sweet corn risotto recipe in Delta Magazine (as in the Delta of MS). Also a great way to use end-of-summer veggies.

wow that sounds yummy! can't wait to try it...

Speaking of fall and butternut squash, this recipe is curried butternut squash soup is superb.

http://www.jamesbeard.org/recipes/recipe.php?id=25

By "upside down" do you mean cut side down?

Perhaps I slightly overcooked my squash, but I found it difficult to get out of the skin - it was so squishy that the skin sometimes came right off with the meat. However, the finished product was wonderful and made me feel so cozy.

I just made this recipe tonight. I didn't even need to puree the squash. It was so soft that it easily broke up when i mixed in the goat cheese. I love cheese, so i doubled the cheese. It was very delicious. Even though it took a long time, it wasn't time consuming.