Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar
Perfectly cooked squash with roasted brown sugar glaze.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 acorn squash (1 1/2) pounds each), halved pole to pole and seeded
- salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Sprinkle squash halves with salt and place, cut sides down, in 13 x 9-inch baking dish or arrange halves in large bowl so that cuts sides face out. Add 1/4 cup water to dish. Cover and microwave until the squash is very tender and offers no resistance when poked with paring knife, 15-25 minutes. Remove baking dish from microwave or bowl from microwave.
- While the squash is cooking, adjust oven rack 6 inches from broiler element and heat broiler. Melt butter, brown sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt in small saucepan over low heat, whisking occasionally until combined. (I did this in the microwave)
- Using tongs, transfer cooked squash, cut sides up, to rimmed baking sheet. (I used same dish) Spoon portion of butter mixture onto each squash half. Broil until brown and caramelized, 5 to 8 minutes, rotating baking sheet as necessary and removing squash halves as they are done. Serve immediately.
Notes
I used one acorn squash and halved all the ingredients. The microwave cooking time and broiling time were the same.