Colcannon With Roasted Squash and Apple
- 2 1/2 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cut in 3/4-inch dice
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 slightly tart apple, such as a braeburn or gala, cored
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 ounces Yukon gold potatoes, cut in half if large
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment.
- Place squash on baking sheet and toss with olive oil and salt to taste until lightly coated.
- Place apple on baking sheet and rub with oil.
- Place about a teaspoon of butter in the cavity where the core was.
- Place in oven and roast for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring squash every 10 minutes, until squash is tender and lightly colored and the apple is soft and falling apart.
- If the apple is done before the squash, remove it from the oven and set aside on a plate.
- Allow apple to cool until you can handle it, then peel and scrape any pulp clinging to the peel into a bowl.
- Core and combine baked apple with roasted squash.
- Meanwhile, place potatoes in a saucepan and cover by an inch with water.
- Bring to a boil, add salt to taste, reduce heat to medium-low and cover partially.
- Boil gently until tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Drain, return to pot and cover pot tightly.
- Let steam in the dry pot for 5 minutes.
- Heat milk and butter together until butter melts.
- Mash potatoes, squash and apple with a potato masher or in a standing mixer fitted with the paddle, or put through a food mill.
- Add milk and butter and mix until smooth.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve hot.
butternut squash, extra virgin olive oil, salt, apple, butter, gold potatoes, milk
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016941 (may not work)