Description
Spiced roasted pears and acorn squash that taste of lemony- baking spice flavors with a rounded sweetness.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pears, firm and ripe, cored and halved
- 1 acorn squash, cleaned and cut in 1″ slices
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme, de-stemmed
- 1 lemon, 1/2 for juice and whole rind for roasting
- 2 tbs. olive oil
- salt and black pepper to taste, about 1 tsp salt. 1/2 tsp. pepper
- parchment paper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425*F.
- Gently toss all ingredients together.
- Lay out squash, onion and lemon on a parchment lined baking sheet and place in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Lay pears, skin side down, on a separate parchment lined baking sheet and place in the oven 15 minutes AFTER the squash, so to be removed at the same time.
- Take out both baking sheets and check that squash is tender and slightly browned and pears are slightly wilted.
- Serve together, enjoy & repeat!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins