Roasted Acorn Squash

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Ultimate Pork

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (28)

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Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

2 acorn or dumpling squash, about 1 pound each
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil, optional
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons amaretto
8 fresh sage leaves
1/2 pound crushed pignoli cookies, almond biscotti, or vanilla wafers

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Split the squash in half through the equator and scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Set the squash halves, cut sides up, on a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired. If squash are very large, cut lengthwise into quarters.

In a bowl, cream the butter with the sugar, and almond liqueur. With a brush or a spoon coat the cut sides of each squash half with the butter mixture and put 2 sage leaves on top of each. Sprinkle with the crushed cookies. Bake until tender, 30 to 35 minutes, basting every 15 minutes with any remaining butter.

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recipe Roasted Acorn Squash
y New Orleans, LA 10-06-2009
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time = perfect IF 1-lb squashes are used.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

mine came out perfectly, but each of my acorn squashes was 1 pound, just as it states in the directions. there seems to be a... lot of trouble in the comments here about it not being done in the time the recipe states, but it is clear from the ingredient list this is for squash that is 1-pound each. he also suggests quartering if they are large(r), so i am sure this would make a difference if the correct size is not available. i used salt, pepper, rosemary, & cayenne, sprinkled on just one decent coating of room-temperature butter once at the beginning, & they are delicious. (:Read more
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Geneva Houston, TX 08-27-2009
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Cooking Time
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I just watched this episode this afternoon, and it showed that he had taken them out of the oven after 30 minutes and put... more butter on top and then put them back in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes. That step was not stated in the recipe.Read more
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cheryl hickam afb, HI 05-10-2009
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Yum!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

What a great way to eat acron squash. I agree with the cooking time...I just halved my squash and ended up baking it for... about 50 minutes. I am about to bake this again and I am going to cut it in quarters. The alchohal is very versatile...I have a bottle of Cointreau (orange flavored) on my counter that I used and it turned out quite well. I went with the vanilla wafers and WOW, it was like dessert! Thank you Tyler!Read more
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Charlotte Traverse City, MI 12-07-2008
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Modified the Recipe and it turned out great!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This squash was really good! We modified the recipe a bit to fit what we had on hand: In place of the 3 tbsp amaretto, we... used 2 tbsp bourbon, and 1 tbsp Maple Syrup. Also, instead of the cookies, we used crushed cinnamon pecan Special K. The only problem we had was that of cooking time, which it seems like a lot of other people had too. We'll try halving them again for next time! Read more
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Robert Omaha, NE 11-17-2008
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Cook time is wrong
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This is a good way to make acorn squash. The cook time should be one hour, however.
recipe Roasted Acorn Squash
Mary Davenport, IA 11-15-2008
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Getting squash to cook
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love this recipe but I start off in the nuker. And nuke the squash with the cut side down for 8 minutes. Then proceed to... the oven. Squash never drys out. Read more