Recipe Details

Stuffed Delicata Squash

Side Dishes
Ingredients

  • 1 delicata squash, halved lengthwise and seeded

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided, or as needed

  • 2 apples - peeled, cored and diced

  • ¼ cup diced onion

  • 1 clove garlic, minced

  • ½ teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary

  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste

  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

  • 2 slices bacon

  • 2 tablespoons goat cheese

Description

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Brush inside surface of delicata squash halves with about 1 teaspoon olive oil; place on a baking sheet.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until tender when pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes.

  4. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir apples and onion until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir garlic, rosemary, and cinnamon into apple mixture; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low; continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender, about 5 minutes.

  5. Place bacon in a skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels.

  6. Fill delicata halves with apple mixture; crumble bacon and goat cheese over apple mixture.