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Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).Cut the honeynut squash in hal lengthwise (keep the stem on or presentation) and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds careully so there’s a nice spherical hole, saving the seeds or later. Place each hal skin side down in a deep baking dish just big enough to ft all the squash. Scatter the smashed garlic over the squash, along with the herbs. Season with the cumin, coriander, and nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste. Fill the bak-ing dish with enough avocado oil so it goes up hal o the height o the squash, and pour a little oil into each squash well on the esh side
4 honeynut squash6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed1 bunch fresh sage, rosemary, tarragon, or fennel fronds1 teaspoon ground cumin1 teaspoon ground coriander1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmegKosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper About 2 cups (480 ml) avocado oil
Sherry Agrodolce Honeynut Squash with Fried Squash Seeds
Makes 4 to 6 servings
I love honeynut squash, a hybrid between winter and butternut squash, because o its individual, personal size that minimizes waste no matter how small or large the group you’re cooking or. I grow them in our garden rom Dan Barber’s Row 7 Seeds, and they are now quite ubiquitous in grocery stores during the all and holiday season. I prepared this dish or a hundred people when I cooked at the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, an incredible regenera-tive arm community anchor, so the recipe is designed to scale up or a large gathering. I oten serve it in the baking dish, right out o the oven, or easy hosting. I like to keep the stem on or the whole look, and this recipe o course utilizes the seeds or garnish, with no ele-ment let behind.Agrodolce is a Sicilian sweet-and-sour, sticky, molasses-like sauce. I you’re short on time, store-bought pomegranate molasses is an excellent substitute. Montasio cheese is a beautiul cow’s milk cheese rom the Friuli region o Italy; you can substitute Gruyère or any semisot, pungent option you can fnd (even blue cheese would be a un kick on this).
