Ingredients Needed for Butternut Squash Compote

Series Summary

Squash recipes are synonymous with fall and winter holiday meals because of their comforting sweet taste and their connection with the harvest season. Butternut squash is one of the more common winter squash and is known for it's nutty flavor, similar to pumpkin or sweet potatoes. It can be cooked in a variety of ways, including being roasted, pureed, or mashed into soups, casseroles, breads or muffins. Butternut squash is also a great source of fiber, vitamin C, potassium and vitamin A.

In this free video series, our expert will show you how to make butternut squash compote. This mixture of roasted butternut squash and fresh fruit and nuts is a great side dish for any seasonal holiday meal. You will get step by step instructions for chopping all the fruits and nuts, peeling and chopping the butternut squash and adding seasonings. You will also learn how to roast the butternut squash and mix all the ingredients together. This dish is easy to make and healthy for you, so why not try out this butternut squash recipe for your next holiday meal.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Rich Buccola here in New York City and today on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to show you how to make butternut squash compote. Alright, today for this butternut squash compote, you're going to need the following ingredients. Alright, you're going to need the juice of an orange. I had an orange so you know, the juice from a container is fine. Going to need a pear, you're going to need a tart or a red apple is fine for our fruit. Dried ginger is fine. I had some fresh so I'm just going to use fresh. You'll need some brown sugar. This calls for pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts. I had a little bit of both so, I had a little bit of hazelnuts and a little bit of pecans so I'm going to throw them both in. Going to need about a two pound butternut squash. Two pounder. Going to need some raisins, some butter, some salt, some light corn syrup and some nutmeg. Pretty simple ingredients. We're going to mix this all together. Put it in the oven. It's really, it's a fun dish. It's fast. Usually I make this in the summer. It is the winter now, but I felt like I wanted to make it because it's just one of those things every once in a while it's nice to have coming out of the oven. It's warm and the fruit mixed with the butternut squash is really a fun thing and I don't know. The kids love it, I love it so I just love cooking for them so, cook for your kids. Come back. We're going to show you utensils."