This tasty side dish has the perfect balance of flavors with strong rosemary and butternut and just a little bit of sweetness from crunchy and buttery brown sugar pecans. It works great with spicy sausage and is equally good with roasted poultry.
For more delicious roasted vegetable side dish recipes, check out these Roasted Fall Vegetables with Mustard Seeds and Bacon, this Farro with Mushrooms and Marjoram and these Roasted Tomatoes with Tarragon Cream Sauce.
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Ingredients:
Recipe notes and questions:
Yes. I recommend cutting the squash into 5 to 6 pieces and then peeling each piece. You can use a paring knife or a vegetable peeler to do the peeling.
I recommend using a dark metal sheet pan for this recipe because that will brown the squash nicely from the bottom. (Here is a bit more about dark versus light baking sheets.)
Yes, you can peel and cube the butternut squash 1 day ahead.
Keep the raw cubes in an airtight container in the fridge until you’re ready to make the dish.
You can keep the peeled and cubed raw butternut squash in the fridge for up to 1 day.
Spicy sausage and roasted chicken or turkey go really well with butternut squash.
How to make it:
Prepare the squash:
Step 1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Peel and cut 1 ¼ pound butternut squash into ¾-inch cubes (about 4 cups of cubes). Toss the squash with 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper and 1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary in a large bowl.
Roast the squash:
Step 2. Spread the cubes out on a baking sheet in a single layer and roast in the oven until soft (about 35 minutes). Move the cubes around 15 minutes into the roasting time.
Make the pecans:
Step 3. Melt ½ tablespoon unsalted butter in a pan, then add ½ cup roughly chopped pecans and stir on medium-high heat for a minute. Add 1 teaspoon light brown sugar and continue to stir until the sugar is melted and the pecans are evenly coated (a few minutes). Toss the nuts with the squash.
How to serve it:
Serve this side dish with spicy sausage or with roasted poultry.
How to store leftovers:
You can easily store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge and reheat the dish in a pan on the stovetop.
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Rosemary Roasted Butternut Squash with Brown Sugar Pecans
Ingredients:
- 4 cups ¾-inch cubes butternut squash (about 1 ¼ pound)
- 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary
- ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
- ½ cup roughly chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
Instructions:
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a bowl, toss the squash with the olive oil, salt, pepper and rosemary.
- Transfer to a baking sheet* and roast until soft (about 35 minutes). Stir everything around half-way through the roasting time.
- Melt the butter in a pan. Add the pecans and stir them around on medium-high heat for a minute.
- Add the sugar and stir around on medium heat until the sugar is melted and the pecans are evenly coated (a few minutes).
- Toss the pecans with the squash and serve.
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