Butternut Squash Spoon Bread
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living
Serves 8 peopleCategories: Breads- Rolls- Biscuits- Cormbread
Ingredients
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 4 large eggs, separated
- 2 cups thawed, frozen unseasoned, pureed butternut squash (2 12oz. pkg.)
- 13 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup stone-ground white cornmeal
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook buttermilk in a heavy saucepan over medium-high het, stirring often, 4 to 6 minutes or until bubbles appear around edges (do not boil); remove from heat. (Mixture may curdle.)
- Lightly beat egg yolks in a large bowl; stir in squash and cheese. Combine cornmeal and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl. Stir cornmeal mixture into squash mixture. Pour warm buttermilk over squash mixture; whisk until smooth. Let stand 15 minutes or until lukewarm.
- Brush a 2 1/2 to 3 quart baking dish or 12-inch cast-iron skillet with 1 Tbsp. melted butter; stir remaining melted butter into squash mixture.
- Beat egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Carefully fold into squash mixture. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until top is golden and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.