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Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

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Recipe Summary Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

Butternut squash, apple, and onion are simmered together, then pureed with spiced red wine, mixed with cranberry juice-reconstituted raisins, and topped with creamy fresh goat cheese. Try using a combination of regular and golden raisins, or Craisins®. This dish is sure to make an elegant accoutrement!

Ingredients | French Vegetable Side Dishes

1 tablespoon butter

1 sweet onion, chopped

1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed

2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste

1 cup water, or more as needed

salt and ground black pepper to taste

1 cup red wine

½ cup cranberry juice

½ cup water

1 tablespoon mulling spices

1 ¼ cups raisins

8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled

Directions

Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until translucent and soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir butternut squash, apples, and 1 cup water into onion mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

Pour squash mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Transfer puree to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Stir wine, cranberry juice, and 1/2 cup water together in a saucepan. Bring wine mixture to a boil; add mulling spices, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add raisins and simmer until plumped, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard wine mixture.

Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.

Info | French Vegetable Side Dishes

prep: 15 mins cook: 25 mins total: 40 mins Servings: 12 Yield: 12 servings

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