Spiced roasted pears and acorn squash that taste of lemony- baking spice flavors with a rounded sweetness.
Author:Olivia Caminiti
Prep Time:10 mins
Cook Time:40 mins
Total Time:50 minutes
Yield:41x
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.