{"id":2938,"date":"2023-11-24T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T08:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:18:46","slug":"kurbisfest-2023-roasted-butternut-with-spinach-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/24\/kurbisfest-2023-roasted-butternut-with-spinach-and-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00fcrbisfest 2023: Roasted Butternut with Spinach and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Third in the series. Read the first post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meme stolen from Internets.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The German word K\u00fcrbis<\/em> covers both pumpkins and squash, possibly because pumpkins are squash. But then, so are zucchini<\/a>, which is called Zucchini<\/em> instead of Sommerk\u00fcrbis<\/em>, or Italienerk\u00fcrbis<\/a><\/em>, obviously just to mess with me.

Anyway, next on the chopping block is the Butternutk\u00fcrbis<\/em><\/a> (please note that for once the Denglish is not my fault). Last year I made it a couple of times, with brown sugar and butter as a side dish to pork, but this year I wanted to try out something savory as a main dish. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Colorful, but it’s gotta go.
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I don’t know where this recipe came from; I found it in my grimoire typed out in my own formatting style, but with no source, and I don’t recall ever making it before. Strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start by roasting the halves with a little bit of olive oil and salt. Blind baking, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before and after.
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While this is happening, clean and wilt the spinach. I chose a locally-grown winter variety, with a root ball, from the farmers market. [snotty food blogger on] Regional and seasonal is the way! [snotty food blogger off] I didn’t feel like walking an extra mile to the grocery store for a package of baby spinach when there’s spinach right there at the stand next to the egg wagon. I am nothing if not lazy <\/s>efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before and after.
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The bulk of the filling is cream cheese and shredded Grana Padano. The daily anti-meat propaganda beamed out by the German tax-funded media inspired me to add diced smoked ham; bacon would also be lovely here. But if you’re keeping kosher, the cheeses add enough salt and umami to make this thing tasty.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Unnecessary intermediate photo, but I like the colors.<\/em>
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It’s baked again, until the cheese melts. Throw more ham on top, if you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before and after.
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We enjoyed this K\u00fcrbis<\/em> with beer, green salad, and fresh ciabatta from the farmers market. Rice would also be nice, but [snotty food blogger on] Regional handwork is the way! [snotty food blogger off] I didn’t feel like walking an extra mile to the grocery store for a package of carbs when there’s carbs right there at the stand at the entrance… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n

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Just imagine the green salad.
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Third in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,90],"tags":[204],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kurbisfest-2023","category-regional-and-seasonal","tag-kurbisfest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t