Best Butternut Squash Dip Recipes

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND GARLIC DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle cut sides of squash with oil and season with salt. Arrange cut side down on a baking sheet. Arrange garlic head halves in the center of parchment-lined foil. Drizzle with oil, sandwich, and wrap tightly. Transfer to baking sheet with squash and roast until squash and garlic are tender, about 45 minutes.
• When cool enough to handle, scoop squash flesh and squeeze each clove of roasted garlic. Transfer to a food processor with oil, lemon juice, tahini, and turmeric and process until smooth. Season with salt and cayenne. Store dip in an airtight container up to five days.

SWEET AND SAVORY BUTTERNUT SQUASH HUMMUS DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Spread the pepitas out on a baking sheet and toast until fragrant and light brown, about 7 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool.
• Line the same baking sheet with parchment paper. Roast the squash cut-side down on the baking sheet until the skin is brown in spots and the flesh very tender when pierced with a knife, about 45 minutes. Let the squash cool on the baking sheet until cool enough to handle, about 40 minutes.
• Peel the skin of the squash away and discard. Add the squash flesh, chickpeas, tahini, cinnamon, garlic and 2 teaspoons salt to the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth. Add 3 to 5 tablespoons water to thin out the mixture until it is smooth and light. Scrape the mixture out into a 2-quart serving dish or 9-inch glass pie plate.
• Squeeze the juice from the lemon half all around the surface and scatter the feta, arugula, pomegranate seeds and pepitas on top. Serve with warm whole-wheat pita triangles.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH KABOBS WITH SPICY LEMON DIP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil. In small bowl, stir oil, cumin, salt and chili powder until well mixed. Set aside.
• Thread 5 to 6 squash cubes onto each wooden skewer; brush with oil mixture. Place in pan. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, turning once, until tender.
• In small bowl, mix Dip ingredients until well blended. Serve kabobs with dip.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND PARMESAN DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Rub each half of the squash, inside and out, with a teaspoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place upside-down on a foil-lined baking sheet, with one sprig of thyme tucked into the cavity of each half. Roast for about 45 minutes, until a fork poked into the non-hollow end of the squash slides in easily. Remove and let cool just slightly.
• Scoop out the flesh of the squash halves and add to the bowl of a food processor (you can also mash by hand with a potato masher or fork, it will just be a bit chunkier). Add 3/4 cup of the cheese, the leaves from the remaining thyme sprig, nutmeg, and salt. Pulse until blended, then pour in the milk or half and half while the machine is running.
• Transfer mixture to a small gratin dish (about 8 inches long) or a shallow pie plate. Sprinkle on the remaining 1/4 cup cheese and return to the oven for about 20 minutes. After 15 minutes, turn on the broiler so that the top of the dip gets brown. Serve with crackers, toast, or pita chips.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Put the squash and garlic onto a baking sheet, and sprinkle with oil; then, roast for about 20 minutes, or until tender.
• Put the squash into a food processor. Squeeze the cloves of garlic out of their skins and into the processor. Add the sage, cumin and cayenne, and puree. Refrigerate, tightly covered. Serve at room temperature.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut squash in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membrane. Brush cut sides of squash halves, cut sides of onion quarters, and garlic cloves with oil. Arrange squash halves, cut sides down, on a jelly-roll pan; arrange onion quarters and garlic cloves on pan. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly. Peel squash. Squeeze garlic cloves to extract pulp. Place squash, onion, and garlic pulp in a food processor; process until smooth. Add crème fraîche and remaining ingredients; process to combine. Serve warm. (serving size: ¼ cup) Nutrition per serving: Calories 35 (28% from fat); fat 1.1g (sat 0.5g, mono 0.5g, poly 0.1g); protein 0.6g; cholesterol 1mg; calcium 29mg; sodium 113mg; fiber 1.7g; iron 0.4mg; carbohydrate 6.3g.