This tasty vegetable side dish from Nouveau English cookery is a recipe for butternut squach in a mace cream. A tantalizing meal or side dish!
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS:
4 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup half and half cream
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 lb. butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 1/2 inch chunks
METHOD:
Steam squash for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, melt butter in a pan. Add flour and mix to a thick paste. Slowly add cream, mixing from a thick paste to a thin paste and finally a runny sauce.
Add mace, salt and black pepper. Heat gently, stirring constantly until thickened.
Remove squash and toss in sauce. Serve hot in a serving dish as a side dish to roasts or a barbecued meat.
