Baked Butternut Squash Recipe

Ingredients

• small butternut squash. . . 6
• extra-virgin olive oil. . . .¾ cup
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• freshly grated grana padano. . . .1½ cups
• sage leaves. . . 36

How to make Baked Butternut Squash

1. Preheat the oven to 450o.
2. Cut each squash in half vertically, scoop out the seeds, and place, cut side up, in a roasting pan.
3. Pour ¼ cup of water into each half; bake 20 minutes.
4. Drizzle each half with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the grana, and top with 3 of the sage leaves.
5. Bake 30 minutes, or until tender.
6. Serve hot.

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