Roasted Butternut Squash with Rosemary, Pecans, and Gorgonzola – Kalyn’s Kitchen

Roasted Butternut Squash with Rosemary, Pecans, and Gorgonzola is an incredible winter facet dish; butternut squash followers will devour it! And butternut does have fiber so it’s comparatively low in web carbs for a facet dish that’s actually a deal with.

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I do know butternut squash is unquestionably a carb splurge for some individuals, but it surely’s one thing I look ahead to each fall, and when it’s butternut squash season I’ve to indulge a bit! And butternut has fairly a little bit of fiber, so when you test the online carbs you could be stunned that this Roasted Butternut Squash with Rosemary, Pecans, and Gorgonzola isn’t actually that a lot of a splurge.

And the way I like this recipe, the place the cubes of butternut squash are roasted with recent rosemary and pecans after which gently tossed with Gorgonzola cheese. For years this has been again within the archives of Kalyn’s Kitchen begging for a photograph that confirmed it off somewhat higher, so I’m blissful I lastly managed to make it and take some new photos.

And Kara and I completely swooned over this after we examined the recipe. We divided up the leftovers, and the following day I ate a few of mine for breakfast!

Should you like roasted butternut squash and blue cheese, this will grow to be your favourite new strategy to prepare dinner butternut. And I wouldn’t blame you a bit when you wished to make use of a bit extra Gorgonzola, and once I reheated my leftovers I couldn’t resist including a bit extra cheese.

What’s Butternut Squash?

Butternut Squash (additionally known as Butternut Pumpkin) is a kind of flavorful winter squash that grows on a vine. It’s scrumptious and versatile and most of the people who like winter squash will love this number of squash.

What components do you want for this recipe?

• giant butternut squash, not less than 3 kilos earlier than slicing
• Olive Oil (affiliate hyperlink)
• chopped recent rosemary, or use Cracked Rosemary (affiliate hyperlink) or a smaller quantity of floor rosemary (affiliate hyperlink)
• salt and recent floor black pepper to style
• chopped pecans
• Gorgonzola cheese

Do it’s important to minimize up the Butternut Squash?

I extremely suggest shopping for an entire squash and slicing it up as an alternative of utilizing these expensive pre-cut squash cubes that present up this time of yr, and I shared suggestions for the way to peel and minimize up a butternut squash. You possibly can undoubtedly minimize it up the day earlier than when you’re making this for a giant vacation meal, and I believe the fresh-cut butternut squash is all the time a lot extra flavorful. But when slicing up the squash isn’t going to occur at your own home, go forward and use the pre-cut squash!

What else tastes nice with pecans and Gorgonzola?

This identical taste mixture can also be successful in Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pecans and Gorgonzola, regardless that I truly forgot about that recipe once I was first making this one!

Are you a fan of butternut squash like I’m?

Go to My Favourite Roasted Butternut Squash Recipes to see tons extra butternut squash facet dish recipes. Use Winter Squash to see all of the butternut squash recipes on the weblog.

Tips on how to Make Roasted Butternut Squash with Rosemary, Pecans, and Gorgonzola:

(That is solely a abstract of the steps; scroll down for full printable recipe with dietary data.)

1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C. Brush somewhat olive oil on the baking sheet
2. I began with a butternut squash that simply over 3 lbs., so  after I peeled it and minimize it into cubes I had simply over two kilos of squash cubes. (If yow will discover a squash the place the stem finish is thicker just like the one within the first picture, that provides you with extra squash.)
3. The squash cubes don’t need to be all the identical form, however attempt to get them near the identical dimension so that they prepare dinner in the identical period of time.
4. You would possibly wish to learn Tips on how to Peel and Reduce Up a Butternut Squash when you haven’t performed it.
5. I’d use recent rosemary when you’ve got it. We used cracked rosemary, which labored properly for this recipe, or you should use a smaller quantity of floor rosemary.
6. Toss the squash cubes with olive oil, rosemary, salt and pepper.
7. Unfold out the seasoned squash cubes, making them in a single layer as a lot as doable. 
8. Roast the squash with out peeking for 20 minutes, then take out of the oven and use a flat turner to show the cubes over. You ought to be beginning to see some coloration on the facet that was touching the baking sheet.
9. Roast the squash Quarter-hour extra, and whereas it’s roasting, measure out 1/2 cup pecans and coarsely chop. 
10. After the Quarter-hour, flip the squash once more, then sprinkle with pecans and put again within the oven for about Quarter-hour extra (or till the squash is completed).
11. The subsequent to the final picture is how my squash sorted it had roasted with the pecans.
12. Whole roasting time will likely be 40-50 minutes, relying on how massive your squash cubes are.
13. Put the roasted squash and pecans right into a serving dish and sprinkle with the Gorgonzola, test to see when you want salt and pepper, and serve scorching.

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Low-Carb Weight-reduction plan / Low-Glycemic Weight-reduction plan / South Seaside Weight-reduction plan Options:
That is most likely excessive in carbs for a extremely strict low-carb consuming plan like Keto, however butternut squash does have some fiber so test the dietary data and see what you suppose. Butternut squash is permitted for section 2 or 3 of the unique South Seaside Weight-reduction plan. Blue cheese is a restricted meals for South Seaside, so you could wish to use it sparingly.

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Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was posted in 2009. It was up to date higher pictures and extra data in 2022.

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