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superlib in food_porn

Stuffed squash

Oct 28, 2009 20:33

Tonight's dinner: Acorn squash, topped with a thick butter / brown sugar / marsalla wine sauce, and stuffed with hot italian sausage, apples, onions and shallots all cooked in marsalla wine and sage. On the side - spinach with herbed goat cheese mixed in.

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abitofglitter October 29 2009, 02:25:25 UTC

Oh wow, that looks absolutely sinful.

superlib October 29 2009, 11:48:01 UTC

It was - and yet it was also pretty healthy, since I used turkey sausage.

mikeymo421 October 29 2009, 02:29:04 UTC

Wowzer! That looks so good.

superlib October 29 2009, 11:49:12 UTC

Thanks!! It really was pretty incredible. I wish I cooked like this more often :D In fact, cooking this kind of made me wish I had a job coming up with recipes for a restaurant, because I really enjoyed creating it.

syncopatedlife October 29 2009, 03:56:13 UTC

the squash looks so perfectly cooked. I want to stick a fork in it. <3

superlib October 29 2009, 11:50:03 UTC

The secret to perfectly cooked squash is to steam it in the microwave ;) Roasted is good too, but the microwave turns out perfect every time and only takes about 10-12 minutes.

basiecrazy October 29 2009, 05:15:36 UTC

sounds yummy. recipe?

superlib October 29 2009, 11:46:49 UTC

I wish I had one - this was entirely improvised. I can give you an approximate recipe though ( ... )

kaitlyn142 October 30 2009, 05:15:53 UTC

I've never tried acorn squash, but I have a butternut squash that is waiting for inspiration. Are the flavors roughly similar enough I steal your recipe?

superlib October 30 2009, 10:47:12 UTC

Yup! Acorn and butternut squash are very similar in flavor, I use them interchangeably.

litlaur October 29 2009, 13:14:22 UTC

Damn that looks good. I wish my husband liked squash as much as I do.

superlib October 29 2009, 13:45:32 UTC

Mine doesn't like it as much as I do - but he loved this!

Then again, "as much as I do" includes happily eating squash and nothing but squash, with a little cinnamon and butter, as a meal. I might be a squash-o-holic. :D

litlaur October 29 2009, 13:49:05 UTC

Mine doesn't like it much. He'll put up with it a few times a month, otherwise I'm eating it myself. But I guess that's ok because it means more for me!

superlib October 29 2009, 14:14:05 UTC

Ah...I'm lucky that mine does like squash. I think the meat stuffing would be pretty tasty over pasta as well, so you could modify it for his tastes.

OOH idea! A sweet meaty sauce, over squash ravioli. *drool* I might have to try this. :D