Dcb Onions Stuffed With Butternut Squash Sage Food

BUTTERNUT SQUASH GRATIN WITH ONION AND SAGE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a gratin dish with butter. In a large skillet over low heat, melt the butter with the oil. Add the onions and the sage. Cover and cook over low heat while you prepare the squash.
• Put the squash in a steaming basket and set over simmering water. Cover and let steam until the squash is tender, about 10 minutes. Put the squash in the prepared dish with the garlic and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Toss gently to combine.
• Continue to cook the onions, stirring frequently, until they caramelize, about 25 minutes total. Season with salt and pepper and add them to the gratin dish, mixing them with the squash. Pour the warm cream over the vegetables. Toss the breadcrumbs with the melted butter and sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the gratin. Bake until the top is browned and bubbling, about 40 minutes.

STUFFED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Steps:

• Remove the top as if cutting a jack-o-lantern and remove seeds and string. Remove the little 'button' from the bottom. Failure to do this will result in bad words being said when it comes time to slice.
• Cook bacon till crisp and reserve. Drain and reserve fat from pan leaving only enough to sauté onion until it becomes translucent.
• Chop enough dates so that the total mixture barely fills the cavity and add to the pan with the spices. Chop the bacon and return it to the pan. Add stock as needed to loosen the mixture. It must be stiff enough to slice after cooking but this will turn to cement without some liquid.
• Fill the cavity with the date mixture and replace the top.
• Put into a pan with 1/2 inch of water, cover, and bake for 40 - 60 minutes in a 375° oven. Test for doneness by removing the top and inserting a thin knife into the bottom of the squash (that way there are no perforations to spoil the presentation).
• This makes an impressive presentation when sliced into wedges and surrounded by roasted vegies.

ONE-PAN BAKED CHICKEN WITH SQUASH, SAGE & WALNUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the chicken pieces into a largish roasting tin and toss with the oil, onions and squash. Season with salt and pepper and arrange chicken so it's all skin-side up.
• Roast in oven for about 25 mins, remove, toss through sage, walnuts, then drizzle over vinegar. Using tongs, again arrange chicken so it's all skin-side up. Roast for another 25-30 mins until chicken is golden brown and the veg soft and sticky. Serve straight from the tin with some mashed potato.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place squash halves in a shallow pan and cover with water.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool partially, about 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; do not drain fat. Add onion and garlic to sausage and cook and stir over medium-high heat until onion has softened, about 5 minutes.
• Remove flesh from squash, leaving 1/3-inch flesh in the shell to keep it sturdy. Mix squash flesh, sausage mixture, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, oregano, and cayenne together in a bowl. Stuff squash shells with mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

SQUASH STUFFED WITH DATES AND ONION

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Cook and stir bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove bacon and discard most of the drippings, leaving about 2 teaspoons bacon drippings in the skillet. Drain bacon on paper towels. Cook and stir onion in the hot drippings until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Stir cooked bacon, dates, oregano, and basil into onion; add chicken stock to thin the filling.
• Cut the top and stem from the squash, jack o'lantern-style, and scoop out seeds and stringy pulp. Cut out and discard small button at the bottom of the squash. Stuff the date filling into the cavity and replace the top. Set squash into a baking dish, pour in 1/2 inch of water, and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender, 40 minutes to 1 hour. Test for doneness by removing top and inserting a thin, sharp knife into the flesh at the bottom. Slice squash into wedges to serve.

RICE WITH ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH, ONIONS AND SAGE

Steps:

• Follow the directions for Mexican rice, adding the sage with the chicken broth and salt in Step 3.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place onions in a shallow baking dish. Toss with olive oil. Bake for 10 minutes. Stir in the squash cubes. Bake until squash is tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• When rice is done, stir in the squash and onion mixture. Serve hot.