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Baked Brown Sugar Squash

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I’ve been rediscovering the delights of various winter squash this month. It’s the perfect autumn vegetable and there is something so warm and comforting about it. This Baked Brown Sugar Squash is something special.

You may recall in my last post I shared a recipe for Squash, Sweet Potato & Coconut soup and I promised to let you know what I did with the other half of the squash and here it is.

This recipe is so incredibly easy yet delicious and indulgent!
Perfect late night supper for one..

Baked Brown Sugar Squash

You will need:

1/2 a small Squash ( I used red onion )
25g of Butter cubed
1 heaped tbsp of brown sugar
1 pinch of cracked black pepper

Preheat your oven to 200C. Scoop the seeds out and score the flesh in a deep cross. Place your cubes of butter inside along with your brown sugar and sprinkle pepper on top.

Baked squash with butter and brown sugar

Bake for 30 minutes until browned and soft inside. As soon as you remove from the oven use a large spoon to loosen the flesh from the skin and mash the flesh and your melted butter/sugar together and eat straight away. Not even any need for a bowl!

Baked brown sugar squash

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This is sweet and buttery and oh so autumnal.

Let me know if you try it!

Check out more pumpkin and squash recipes here.

Squash, Sweet Potato & Coconut Autumn Soup

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As much as I like Summer and the warm, balmy evenings… HA I live in Wales who am I kidding? I really embrace Autumn. I’m all for snuggly jumpers, fleecy throws, steamed puddings and SOUP.

I picked up a red onion squash at my local market and I was intrigued as I had never seen one before. I wasn’t sure what to make with it so I ended up splitting it into two and using one half to make this incredibly tasty autumnal soup.

Red onion squash

I used my Kenwood kCook to create this dish from start to finish to dice, soften and simmer my soup. I’ve had this Multicooker for a few months now ands it’s a really useful piece of kitchen gadgetry! It saves time from chopping vegetables and from changing from pan to pan etc etc. Perfect for anyone who loves homemade food but struggles with finding the time.

KCook soup

You will need:

1/2 a medium squash
2 sweet potatoes
1 shallot
400ml of vegetable stock
300ml of coconut milk
1/2 tsp of oil
1 small red chilli finely diced
Pinch of sea salt ( I used smoked salt from Flavour Magic )
Pinch of black pepper

Peel your vegetables and cut into quarters before placing in your kCook machine with your oil ( if you don’t have one you can dice your veg yourself) and press stir for 1 minute until finely diced. Now cook on the soup/sauce option ( or in a pan ) for 10 minutes to soften.

KCook softening vegetables

Add your vegetable stock, coconut milk and seasoning and cook for a further 20 – 30 minutes. At the end of cooking stir/puree for 2 minutes until smooth and serve immediately.

Red onion squash, sweet potato and coconut soup

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Doesn’t just looking at it make you think of conker fights and walking through crunchy leaves? Autumn in a bowl.

Keep your eyes peeled to find out what I did with the rest of the squash!

* I received the kCook for the purpose of a review and recipe development.