Roasted Acorn Squash Salad

Name: Roasted Acorn Squash Salad
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 pounds acorn squash (1 large or 2 small ones); 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1/8 teaspoon salt, or more to taste; 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted in the oven or on a dry skillet; 1 tablespoon or so Reduced Balsamic Vinegar (recipe follows), thickened for drizzling; 2 tablespoons or more crumbled cheese (optional), such as aged goat cheese, drained fresh ricotta, cottage cheese, or ricotta salata

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

October 20, 2009

Lightly caramelized slices of roasted squash make a tasty and pretty salad, dressed up with toasted almonds, crumbled cheese, and glistening swirls of Reduced Balsamic Vinegar (recipe follows), one of my favorite condiments. Serve this as an antipasto, a first course, or a side dish. With roast meat or poultry, it can be a main course salad too. How about a Thanksgiving leftover salad of roast squash and my roast turkey (page 332) with balsamic reduction and Quince Chutney (page 368)? Any sweet-fleshed winter squash is suitable, but I find the scalloped edges of acorn squash slices look especially nice.

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