Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

Add this elegant side dish, a butternut squash and apple puree with wine-soaked raisins and creamy goat cheese, to your Thanksgiving table.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 205 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
• 1 cup water, or more as needed
• 2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon mulling spices
• 8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled
• 0.5 cup water
• 1.25 cups raisins
• 0.5 cup cranberry juice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until translucent and soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir butternut squash, apples, and 1 cup water into onion mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 2

Pour squash mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Transfer puree to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 3

Stir wine, cranberry juice, and 1/2 cup water together in a saucepan. Bring wine mixture to a boil; add mulling spices, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add raisins and simmer until plumped, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard wine mixture.

Step 4

Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.