Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish
Description
Add this elegant side dish, a butternut squash and apple puree with wine-soaked raisins and creamy goat cheese, to your Thanksgiving table.
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon butter
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1 sweet onion, chopped
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1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
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2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste
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1 cup water, or more as needed
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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1 cup red wine
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1/2 cup cranberry juice
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1/2 cup water
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1 tablespoon mulling spices
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1 1/4 cups raisins
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8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled
Directions
1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.