Roasted butternut squash recipes?

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Going to make dinner tonight. I’ve planned meatloaf, mashed potatoes and butternut squash. This is my first foray into butternut squash, so I found a recipe for roasting it. It’s a nice simple recipe that only calls for one seasoning (besides salt and pepper). The trouble is, that seasoning is garlic, which my fiancée hates.

I’m kinda thinking sage and nutmeg, but I’m not sure if those are good complements to one another. What say y’all, Dopers?

TIA

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I tried butternut squash on a pizza the other day at a chain called Blaze. It was accompanied by a spicy maple drizzle that really complemented the squash. Basically, maple syrup, tabasco, and brown sugar, I think.

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  • A bit of olive oil on a baking sheet, sprinkled with kosher salt and pepper.
  • Cut the squash(es) in half, put face down on the baking sheet
  • Bake at 425 for about an hour. A paring knife should go into the squash with little to no resistance, and the sugary goo coming out is starting to bubble and turn brown
  • Remove from the oven, remove and discard the skins, and put the squash innards in a bowl. The skins should essentially be disconnected from the insides and come off easily
  • Squish the squash with a potato masher to whatever consistency you want
  • Add maple syrup, cinnamon, and perhaps nutmeg. Mash a little more to mix.
  • Serve and enjoy.

We make the above all the time. Makes great leftovers the next day or to as well. You eventually figure out ratios of syrup to add, since the squashes are never the same size. Its tough to give a set quantity of stuff when cooking squash.

I also now line the baking sheet with aluminum foil, since the squash drippings are extremely difficult to wash off of the baking sheet. We now have a cheap sacrificial baking sheet just for this purpose (which I still cover in foil).

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That does sound delicious, but for tonight I’ma pick up pre-cut cubes and roast them. Two mashed-potato-like sides strikes me as redundant.

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Rosemary would go well, as would thyme. Sage and nutmeg can work well together, but go easy at first. Nutmeg can get overwhelming quickly. Hell, straight up s&p is fine, too.

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This all sounds good! You folks are making me hungry!