Photo: J. Savage Gibson; Styling: Trinda Gage
This outstanding dish
combines two of my favorite foods, oysters and acorn
squash. Besides being delicious, it is beautiful to look
at. I slightly adapted this recipe from Southern
Living Magazine, January 1997.
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Creamed Oysters in Acorn Squash
Recipe Type:
Oysters,
Squash,
Pork
Yields: 8 servings
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Ingredients:
4 medium acorn
squash
1/4 cup butter, cut up
2 (12-ounce) containers fresh
oysters
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of celery soup, undiluted
2 lean bacon slices, cooked and crumbled
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut squash in half crosswise around the middle. Use a spoon to scoop out the seeds
and stringy stuff in the center of each squash half; discard.
Place squash halves, cut side
up, in a greased 15- x 10-inch baking pan; divide butter
pieces evenly between each squash halve. Bake
approximately 45 minutes to 60 minutes or until tender when
pierced with a fork. Remove from oven.
While the squash is
cooking, drain oysters, reserving half of liquid. Place
oysters and reserved liquid in a large saucepan; cook
over medium heat,
stirring occasionally, until oysters just begin to curl. Stir
in cream of celery soup, and then spoon the oyster/soup
mixture evenly into warm squash halves. Sprinkle with
crumbled bacon and minced parsley.
Bake for an additional 5
minutes.
Remove from oven and serve.
Makes 8 servings.
