Elegant Thanksgiving Squash Side Dish

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 sweet onion, chopped
• 1 butternut squash - peeled, seeded, and cubed
• 2 Gala apples, cored and cubed, or more to taste
• 1 cup water, or more as needed
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup red wine
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon mulling spices
• 1 1/4 cups raisins
• 8 ounces chevre (soft goat cheese), crumbled

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.
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.
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.
4. Stir raisins into squash puree and top with goat cheese.

butter, sweet onion, gala apples, water, salt, red wine, cranberry juice, water, mulling spices, raisins, chevre

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/234995/elegant-thanksgiving-squash-side-dish/ (may not work)