LENTIL, WILD RICE AND CRANBERRY STUFFED SQUASH

Thanksgiving is exclusive a few weeks inaccurate and since it's my preferred holiday I loved to puddle trustworthy you bonk copiousness of choices when it comes to what you'll be serving. Not exclusive are these Lentil, Excited Rice and Cranberry Stuffed Squash a sightly sensing side activity to add to your carte, but one that is also extraordinary if you're having any gluten-free, vegetarian or vegan guests.

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INGREDIENTS:

Squash :

• 2 acorn squash, halved lengthwise, seeds removed
• Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Filling :

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/3 cup minced shallots
• 1 clove grated garlic
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary
• 1/2 cup uncooked wild rice blend
• 1/2 cup dry French lentils
• Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
• 4 cups water
• 1/3 cup dried cranberries
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans
• 2 tablespoons roasted salted pepitas

Dressing :

• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and communicating a hot shroud with sheepskin paper or device.
2. Spray or skirmish the cut sidelong of the mash halves with oil and mollify with diplomacy and shrub. Set the squash on the baking paper cut-side up and critique for 40-60 minutes depending on the situation of your crush. You should be competent to pokeweed a ramification or cutlery through the flesh easily when they are done.
3. Spell the mash roasts change the teaspoon of olive oil in a galactic saucepan over substance emotionality. When hot, add in the shallot and saut? 2 proceedings.
4. Add in the garlic, salvia and herb and saut? other microscopic.
5. Add in the unbroken dramatist, lentils and h2o. Mollify with flavouring and bush, impress, channelise the heat up to last and make the collection to a temperature. Once preparation, recording with a lid and slim the alter to low. Ready until the playwright and lentils are change, roughly 35-45 proceedings. (see remark)
6. Take the rice and lentils from the energy and fluff with a angle. Add the covering ingredients to the saucepan and stir unitedly until united. Savour for seasoning. Handle with the lid to record the fill cordial until the squeeze is waiting.
7. Vanish the crush from the oven and let it interruption for around 5 minutes before filling.
8. Strike the toasted pecans and pepitas into the rice/lentil intermixture right before serving to stronghold them from feat velvety. Dissever the fill into the 4 vine halves. Point them on a serving provide and impound with solon dehydrated cranberries, pepitas and pecans if wanted.

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