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Smashed Butternut Squash with Sage

In my notebook, where I keep all the best recipes, this is titled Awesome Butternut Squash with the caption best dish followed by three exclamation points. This dish is exactly that. Quick pan seared butternut squash is then roasted and smashed with a lemon, sage sauce. It's a side dish sensation!

Course Side Dish
Keyword butternut squash, fresh sage, roasted
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 butternut squash, large
  • 4 tbsp butter, divided
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 8 sage leaves, fresh
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. Heat oil in an oven-safe pan. Add butternut squash and cook for five minutes over medium-high heat until the squash starts to brown. Add two tablespoons of butter and stir and flip the squash so all sides can brown and cook an additional five minutes.

  3. Place pan in preheated oven and roast the butternut squash until tender about 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and scoop into a bowl.

  4. In the hot pan, melt the remaining butter and toss in the onions, sage and garlic until the sage stars to crackle and the butter is foaming. Pour in the lemon juice and stir.

  5. Immediately pour sauce over the butternut squash and stir and smash the squash to marry all the flavours together. Remove the sage leaves before serving, if you prefer. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

RECIPE NOTES

Recipe adapted from A. Sedlak, the Main on FoodNetwork.ca