I recently joined a group of bloggers over at Tyler Florence Fridays hosted by Deb of Kahakai Kitchen, Megan of My Baking Adventures, and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies. I really enjoy Tyler’s recipes and cookbooks and one of the best things I like about this group is that you choose your own recipe to make from any of his books each week. This week I chose Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Cheese Tortellini from “Stirring the Pot”, page 78. I give the dish and the cookbook both an enthusiastic thumb’s up.
I had been planning on making this already so I was good to go. The recipe is delicious and would be a good vegetarian main course for a dinner party. The presentation is lovely and appetizing. You roast an acorn squash half until tender and stuff it with cheese tortellini in a garlic, parmesan and thyme white sauce, cover with more cheese and a couple of sage leaves and roast the whole thing a bit more until bubbly and scrumptious. My only changes in future will be to try to reduce the fat -maybe by using evaporated skim milk instead of the heavy cream for the white sauce. Otherwise it’s a keeper- a good combo of flavours and it feels a treat to eat. I served it with a fresh spinach salad and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and it was a great meal.
What a beautiful presentation! Somehow I missed the acorn squash stuffed with tortellini in that book, that would be a great hit with a crowd.
And baby spinach salad with Sauv. blanc – you are a girl after my own heart.
That is high class dinning! Got to love that Tyler.
What a wonderful dish. Lovely to look at and even more so to eat!
What a clever combination. I never would have thought to try that, but a glass of wine always makes everything look and taste better.
This is so awesome!!!
How unique to stuff it with the tortellini–that Tyler is quite a guy! Your squash looks delicious. Thanks for coming to TFF!
I love Tyler Florence, and have been wanting to get one of his books! This looks fantastic!
What a great meal! I would love this for dinner!
I would have never thought to put the 2 together.
that squash looks divine! I would like to try it sometime. Great job!
wow, this looks amazing! This cookbook is on my list.