Chile Cumin Butter for Squash

by Terese Allen

Fall 2014 Issue

Prep time: 15 mins.

Cook time: None

Serves: 16

Wake up a side dish with this gutsy spread. Dab the mixture on hot baked winter squash sections, or fold it into cooked, pureed squash.

Ingredients

8 Tbsp. butter, softened
2 serrano chiles, seeded and minced
Grated zest of 1 lime
2 green onions, minced
½ tsp. ground cumin

Beat butter, chiles, lime zest, green onions and cumin until smooth.

Nearly any variety of squash will work: pie pumpkin, acorn, buttercup, butternut, delicata, Hubbard, etc.

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