📋 Roasted butternut squash mash

Roasted butternut squash on a serving dish with butter and parmesan

📋 Roasted butternut squash mash

This roasted butternut squash recipe is one of my favourites comfort food in the autumn as butternut squash is in season. I roast the squash with plenty of garlic and mix it with spinach. Healthy, creamy and light, I either use it as a side for meat or as a main dish for a quiet TV night. #yourguardianchef #butternutsquash #butternutsquashsoup #butternutsquashrecipes #butternut

Course Side Dishes

Cuisine Italian

Keyword roasted butternut mash, roasted butternut puree, roasted butternut soup

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 30

Servings people

Calories 315kcal

Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

½ butternut squash
3 medium potatoes
3 cloves peeled garlic cloves
3 sprig thyme
10 oz fresh spinach
1 cup milk
½ cup butter
salt & pepper
2 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan

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Instructions

Roasting the butternut squash

Cut the butternut squash in chunks, remove the seeds, you don't need to peel it
Lay on a baking tray over parchment paper, add crushed garlic cloves, thyme and season with salt, olive oil
Roast in a hot oven at 390 F - 200 C for 30 minutes, turn and roast for another 30 minutes
Once is done, remove from the oven and let it cool down
Once cold, the skin will easily peel with a knife
Mash the butternut squash with the garlic

Prepare the potatoes

Clean the potatoes and boil them in salted water for 20 minutes
Pierce with a knife to make sure they are done
Peel the potatoes and mash them

Putting it all together

In a pan add the mashed potatoes, the roasted butternut squash, the butter and the milk
Stir until it is warm then add the spinach
Cook until the spinach are done
Transfer on a serving dish and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Notes

Make sure you turn the butternut squash every 30 minutes while it is roasting

If you like the roasted flavour like me (yes, practically burned), roast the butternut squash a bit longer until it becomes crispier
DON'T peel the potatoes before boiling them, they will get too watery
If you don't have a ricer, use a fork or a masher but do not use a blender as it will make the mash waxy
If you'd like to make a roast butternut squash soup, just add more milk till you get the consistency you desire

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