Here's a perfectly lovely Thanksgiving side to share with family and friends: my Roasted Hasselback Delicata Squash with rosemary and garlic and a delicious chili-maple glaze. It's a recipe that requires less than 10 minutes of prep, seven ingredients, and it looks so pretty, you'll be proud to show it off.
I had found this recipe for roasted hasselback butternut squash in Bon Appetit but decided to adapt it to delicata squash because I love, love, love it. Partly because I am always looking for ways to save time with prep and with delicata I don't have to peel the squash which is a huge bonus. I also love the fact that the beautiful, striped skin makes this dish look even more elegant.
The delicata squash skin is not as tough as other winter squash skin but it is a bit of a challenge to cut into, so be sure you use a sharp knife when you slice it, and -- of course-- be careful. A sharp knife glides through the skin far easier than a blunt one would.
You'll be sure to get some applause when you bring this dish to the dinner table. Just don't tell anyone that it was easy as pie.
More vegetable sides
- Roasted Delicata Squash
- Easy Butternut Squash Curry
- Curried Acorn Squash
- Roasted Honeynut Squash
- Braised Radishes with Lavender
- Roasted Golden Beets with Rosemary and Garlic
- Curry Roasted Cauliflower and Potatoes
- Easy Vegan Butternut Squash Gratin
Roasted Hasselback Delicata Squash
Ingredients
- 2 delicata squash (halved, and seeds removed with a spoon. Place the squash flat on a chopping board and cut into thin slices, making sure you don't go all the way through)
- 8 small sprigs rosemary
- 4-6 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoon hot sauce (like Sriracha)
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Place the oil, maple syrup, hot sauce and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Place the delicata squash in a baking dish, cut side down.
- Nestle the rosemary sprigs and the garlic within the sliced squash.
- Brush on some of the maple syrup-chili glaze.
- Place the baking dish in the oven and bake 15 minutes. Remove, baste with more of the glaze, and bake again for 15 more minutes. Baste again and repeat for another 15 minutes.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
onesonicbite
I love delicata squash because I think the skin balances out the sweetness of the flesh. This looks so tasty.
K_E_Kennedy@yahoo.com
Hi, Vaishali. I used to lurk on here all the time, but it fell off my saved list when I switched to a new computer. I have been craving some delicious Indian food but can't get go out because I'm recently on an extremely salt-restricted diet for Meniere's Disease. And then I remembered just where to come!
First, thank you for the squash recipe, which I will definitely be making for my Thanksgiving table. (My first no-salt holiday, and I am terrified of what it will be like.)
And thank you, too, because I feel like we all need some group therapy in these painful, wrenching days. It helps to see that we will all be fighting together to keep this the country that we want to live in and deserve to live in.
Onward!
Vaishali
This recipe would be great without salt. 🙂 In fact, I was wondering if I should add any at all to the glaze and decided to add just a tiny bit, but I can see it being very flavorful without the salt. I find that lemon or lime also reduce the need for salt in recipes, although, of course, you have to be judicious in adding them or they alter the taste. A dash of lemon would be great in this glaze. I found a great no-salt seasoning at Costco that is made of herbs (you might know this already, but mentioning just in case). 🙂
A warm hug to you and yes, onward!
chessiepique
Vaishali, this sounds wonderful, and I may give it a trial run with a nice butternut squash I happen to have. I'll grab a delicata or two the next time I'm at the store and do it "for real."
So many of us are in shock over the election, particularly because of what it seems to say about the judgment and compassion of our fellow citizens. We need to stand together as best we can to make sure that the most vulnerable among us don't suffer too much because of this epic failure of common sense. Here's a hug for you and for anyone else reading this. We can grieve together, but then we will need to fight together.
Vaishali
Hi Catherine, Agreed that we need to grieve together, then stand together and fight together. I don't want to watch the news anymore because it is so depressing, but then I remind myself that we cannot turn the other way and let the bad guys do what they want to with our country. We have to stay active and involved and make sure that in four years we will reverse this epic failure of common sense, as you so correctly described it. 🙂 A hug back to you, and here's to staying positive!
P.S. I adapted this from a butternut squash recipe, so butternut would be great here.
Ruth Eisenbud
America never was kind... yes there are kind people and communities, but the overwhelming thrust has been of domination and destruction. Native American culture and tradition were almost completely annihilated. The nation was born with slavery and later developed Jim Crow segregations for African Americans.... For years there were strict laws prohibiting immigration from east asia. Now there virulence directed against latino immigration. Anti-semitism too is part of the picture. The latest fury and scapegoating by american exclusivity, consisting of white, privileged white male christians, is now directed against Muslims. Islamophobia is rampant. It is the crusades all over again; Christianity destroying Moslem lands and people in the middle east & Afghanistan.
The ideal of manifest destiny guides the rampaging of everything that is not white, male or christian: moving forward and conquering the other.
Donald Trump is a reflection of the brutal history of America towards the 'other'. The fact that he won the election indicates that traditional american values have not changed.
Many native americans do not find joy in celebrating thanksgiving - a reminder of how their land was taken, their homes, culture and families destroyed.
I do not celebrate thanksgiving because of the slaughter of 45 million turkeys for one day of christian gratitude and the brutality of dominion for all other animals every day of the year.
Still I like your recipe. Squash and rosemary, you can't go wrong.