butternut squash with pecans & blue cheese
As I was flipping through my Nigella Express cookbook recently, this recipe for butternut squash with pecans and blue cheese stood out. I’d never made butternut squash before, but there’s always a first and it’s hard to resist anything that has cheese and nuts involved.
Once I cut into the squash I was sad I hadn’t made it sooner, it was such a lovely vegetable. After I’d admired it for awhile, I cut it up into 1 inch cubes, sprinkled some thyme over top, drizzled a little olive oil over top and popped it in the oven. I let it cook up for awhile and pulled it out after the squash was tender to the touch.
That’s when the magic happens. I tossed a nice sprinkling of cheese and pecans over the squash and got ready to taste my first homemade butternut squash. Are you ready? Yum! It was tasty stuff! I liked the slightly sweet flavor of the squash paired with the tangy blue cheese and crunch of the pecan. This would make a great side dish for Thanksgiving, Nigella even reccomends it as a turkey alternative for vegetarians.
butternut squash with pecans & blue cheese
from Nigella Express
serves 6-8
4 1/2 cups butternut squash
2 tablespoons olive oil
6 stalks fresh thyme
1 cups pecans
1 cup blue cheese
1
preheat oven 425° F
2
Halve the squash, leave the skin on and scoop out the seeds. Cut the squash into 1-inch pieces.
3
Put the squash into a roasting pan with oil and strip about 4 stalks of thyme of their leaves and sprinkle over the butternut squash. Roast for about 30-45 minutes or until tender.
4
Once out of the oven, remove the squash to a bowl and scatter the pecans and crumble the cheese over top, tossing everything together gently.
5
Check the seasonings and add the last couple stalks of thyme, torn into small sprigs to decorate.
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Kalyn
Someone recently told me about this recipe on Twitter, so when I saw your photo I had to check it out. Definitely I’ll be making this!
MyKitchenInHalfCups
That is really a beautiful dish for butternut and thyme. I’ll have to see which is doing the best in my garden when I get home and decide then which I use: thyme or sage. Blue cheese and butternut is just a classic. Have to try this one.
cebelina
Wonderful looking/sounding recipe. New take on the rather under appreciated squash. I look forward to making this. Thank you for sharing! Oh and isn’t that orange so beautiful!
haley
i loved this recipe a soon as i tasted one problem i had was that it said 4 butter nut sqash i was confused on if cups or reall thing make shure u know ur stuff if u make it
haley
but i had not tasted it
Kelly
haley-
thanks for pointing that out. i just added cups to the recipe.
BitchyBaker
Nigella is silly for suggesting that this is a great vegetarian option… Meatless maybe– but she should really look into where cheese comes from.
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