Spiced butternut squash
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | pounds | Butternut squash |
| 1 | cup | Nonfat chicken broth |
| 3 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter; cut in small cubes |
| ½ | teaspoon | Ginger |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Mace |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground coriander |
| 1 | pinch | Cayenne pepper |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Freshly ground black pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh lemon juice |
| ¼ | cup | Lowfat sour cream |
Directions
1. Halve, peel and seed the squash. Cut into 2 inch chunks.
2. In a large, heavy saucepan, combine the squash, chicken stock, and 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to moderatley low, cover partially and simmer until the squash is tender (about 20 minutes). Drain, reserving ¼ cup of the cooking liquid.
3. In a large bowl, combine the squash, butter, ginger, mace, coriander, cayenne, salt, pepper, lemon juice and reserved cooking liquid.
4. Preheat oven to 350. In a food processor, puree the sqash mixture (in 2 batches) until smooth. Transfer puree to a heatproof 3 quart serving dish and fold in the sour cream. Taste and adjust seasonings. Cover the dish with foil. (NOTE: You can make the recipe up to 2 days ahead to this point and refrigerate. Let it come to room temperature before baking.) 5. Bake until heated though, about 25 mintes. If desired, uncover and broil about 5 inches from the heat for 1 minutes or until lightly browned 6. Serves 12: 88 calories 3.3 grams fat Recipe By : Adapted from Sheila Lukins in "Food and Wine" 12/90 Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n200 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 15:41:59 -0500 From: Kathie Briggs <kjbriggs@...>