Recipe: Tasty Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone

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Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone. Butternut squash is one of our favorite fall staples. Butternut squash is an orange-fleshed winter squash, celebrated for its versatility and sweet, nutty flavor. Toss butternut squash with olive oil and garlic in a large bowl.

Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone How to cook a butternut squash. In terms of cooking up your squash. Butternut squash is one of the most popular winter squash vegetables. You can have Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone

  1. Prepare of butternut squash, cut into cubes.
  2. Prepare of butter, cubed.
  3. Prepare of self-raising flour.
  4. It's of salt & ground black pepper.
  5. It's of cumin seeds.
  6. Prepare of paprika.
  7. Prepare of chili flakes.
  8. You need of Fresh thyme.
  9. You need of - 100g cheddar cheese, grated.
  10. You need of Parmesan cheese, grated.

Butternuts grow on an annual, long trailing vines. This variety of squash is widely cultivated under warmer climates of South. Butternut squash is a type of winter squash native to the Americas. Technically a fruit, it has long been utilized as a complete source of vegan protein by native populations when also paired with corn.

Butternut Squash & Cheese Scone detailed

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 C. Cook the squash in salted boiling water for 10-15 mins, until soft, drain and put back into the hot pan to dry out, not over the heat though. Puree the squash in a food processor, or I use a Nutri bullet, set aside to cool..
  2. Add the flour and salt to a bowl, then rub in the cubed butter until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir through the cooled pureed butternut squash to make a soft dough, add the spices, plenty of salt and ground black pepper, some thyme leaves and the grated cheddar cheese..
  3. Shape the dough into a ball, then flatten down slightly, mark the scone with the back of a knife into 8 equal wedges..
  4. Bake for 12-15 minutes until looking golden, tap the base, it should sound hollow once it’s baked. Grate over more parmesan cheese and sprinkle over more thyme leaves. Serve the scone buttered, it's perfect dunked into homemade soup..
  5. Top Tip: As there is no egg in this recipe, I like to taste some of the dough to make sure I have the flavours and seasoning right before baking..

Hard to cut into, but totally worth it. Roasted Butternut Squash is delicious enough to eat on its own as a side, or can be used as a starting point for recipes like Butternut Squash Soup or salads. Learn how to cut a butternut squash (safely!) with this step-by-step tutorial! Plus, how to select a butternut squash and lots of recommendations for butternut squash recipes. Learn the easiest way to prep and cook butternut squash and enjoy two easy recipes using this popular winter squash. *SUBSCRIBE for new episodes every week.