Butternut Squash Puree with Fresh Lemon Recipe

 Butternut Squash Puree with Fresh Lemon recipe is an delicious and unique way for your family to enjoy the wonderful taste of butternut squash.  Roasting squash creates a velvety texture with a sweet, nutty flavor, kind of like a sweet potato puree.  The fresh lemon is also a wonderful addition.

 

This easy-to-make squash recipe, comments, and photos were shared with me by Karen Calanchini, Food Stylist and Photographer, of Redding, CA.

 

Butternut Squash Puree

 

Learn about Squash Hints, Tips, and Information, and more delicious Squash Recipes.  Also check out What’s Cooking America’s delicious Butternut Squash Quick Bread using this squash puree.

 

 

Butternut Squash Puree with Fresh Lemon Recipe:
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 
Course: Side Dish
Keyword: Butternut Squash Puree with Fresh Lemon Recipe
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 medium-size butternut squash*
  • 1/2 small head (bulb) of garlic
  • Olive oil, smoked**
  • Coarse salt or sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon thyme, dried, crushed with you fingers
  • Zest and juice of 1 large lemon
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 1 tablespoon mustard, coarse-grain
  • 1 tablespoon parsley, fresh, chopped (plus a little more for garnish)
  • Butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

  2. Slice the stem off the top of the butternut squash and discard.  Using a good vegetable peeler that is able to cut through the tough skin of the squash, peel the squash and discard the peels.  Cut the butternut squash in half, remove and discard seeds.

  3. Did you know that you can toast squash seeds? Check out how to Toast Squash and Pumpkin Seeds

  4. Peel off the skin, and chop the butternut squash into 1-inch dice.

    Butternut Squash Cubes
  5. Peel away the outer layers of skin of the garlic bulb, leaving the skins of the individual cloves intact; leave garlic bulb whole.  Using a sharp knife, slice 1/2-inch off of the pointed end of the garlic bulbs, exposing the individual cloves of garlic.

    Cut Garlic Heads
  6. Place prepared squash and garlic (cut side facing down) on prepared cookie sheet.  Drizzle with smoked olive oil.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.  Sprinkle thyme, lemon zest, and lemon juice over the top; mix well.  Bake approximately 1 hour.  Test with a fork for doneness (you want the squash to be well done and just starting to brown).  Remove from oven and let the squash and garlic cool slightly.  Learn more about Roasting Garlic.

  7. Squeeze the roasted garlic out of their skins and into a food processor.  Add the cooked squash, 3 tablespoons butter, cream, mustard, and parsley.  Process until the squash and garlic are smooth.  If necessary, add additional cream if needed.

  8. Place squash mixture into a baking dish, dot with butter, and place into the oven to heat just until the butter has melted and the squash mixture is heated through.

  9. To serve, garnish with chopped parsley.

  10. Makes 4 servings.

Recipe Notes

Butternut Squash*  Butternut Squash is easily found in supermarkets.  Beige colored and shaped like a vase or a bell.  This is a more watery squash and tastes somewhat similar to sweet potatoes.  Butternut Squash has a bulbous end and pale creamy skin, with a fine-textured, deep-orange flesh with a sweet, nutty flavor.  Some people say it is like butterscotch.

** If smoked olive oil is not available in your area, try another flavored olive oil such as hazelnut, walnut, almond, or even regular olive olive.

 

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