Butternut Squash With Pistou

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves
• 2/3-1 cup basil leaves
• 3 lbs butternut squash (about 2 squash)
• 1 pinch fine sea salt

Recipe

• 1 to prepare the pistou:.
• 2 put the olive oil, garlic, basil leaves and a pinch of salt in a small food processor. blend well and transfer to a small bowl (if making by hand, crush the garlic into a paste, then mix with the oil and salt, and then add finely chopped basil leaves to the paste).
• 3 to prepare the squash:.
• 4 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 5 trin the stem, then cut the squash lengthwise.
• 6 scoop out the seeds.
• 7 put the squash halves cut side up in a roasting pan.
• 8 sprinkle the cut sides with salt.
• 9 brush generously with the pistou, and let some well up in the seed cavity.
• 10 roast for 40-45 minutes, until just browned at the edges and tender when pierced with a knife.
• 11 serve hot, with the remaining pistou.