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Brown Butter Roasted Delicata Squash

Celebrate the season with this delicious Brown Butter Roasted Delicata Squash recipe, featuring delicata squash, sage, cranberries and pecans!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Roasted Delicata Squash
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories
Author Safeway

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 5 delicata squash cut into rounds 3/8-inch thick, seeds removed
  • 1 tablespoon O Organics® maple syrup
  • pinch red pepper flakes or Aleppo pepper
  • 3 ⁄4 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • sunflower or other neutral oil for frying sage
  • handful of sage leaves
  • squeeze of lemon or drizzle balsamic vinegar or balsamic reduction
  • 1 cup Open Nature® pecans toasted and broken into halves or quarters
  • 1 ⁄2 cup O Organics® dried cranberries

Instructions

  • Melt and simmer the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until golden and fragrant, 3-5 minutes.
  • Place prepared delicata squash in a baking dish, toss with brown butter, maple syrup, pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
  • Cover and roast in a 425° oven for 30 minutes, then uncover and cook until golden and tender, 30-45 more minutes.
  • Meanwhile, heat a film of sunflower oil in a medium skillet, add sage leaves, and fry until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towels.
  • Toss with squeeze of lemon juice or balsamic vinegar, then top with toasted pecans, and dried cranberries in the serving dish. Top with fried sage.