Name: Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Butter - 1 tablespoon; Sweet onion, chopped - 1; Butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed - 1; Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste - 2; Water, or more as needed - 1 cup; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1 cup; Red wine - 1 cup; Cranberry juice - ½ cup; Water - ½ cup; Mulling spices - 1 tablespoon; Raisins - 1 ¼ cups; Chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled - 8 ounces

Ingredients for - Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

1. Butter 1 tablespoon

2. Sweet onion, chopped 1

3. Butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed 1

4. Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste 2

5. Water, or more as needed 1 cup

6. Salt and ground black pepper to taste 1 cup

7. Red wine 1 cup

8. Cranberry juice ½ cup

9. Water ½ cup

10. Mulling spices 1 tablespoon

11. Raisins 1 ¼ cups

12. Chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled 8 ounces

How to cook deliciously - Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

1 . Stage

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 . Stage

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 . Stage

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 . Stage

Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.