What is your #1 go-to appetizer recipe??

[hawgheaven]

Here's another fav... acorn squash fondue:



Gotta dig up the recipe...

[hawgheaven]

Here's another fav... acorn squash fondue:



Gotta dig up the recipe...

Here it is:

This is a great appetizer... this recipe is amazingly simple and incredibly delicious. This got served up at the cottage vacation, and was devoured in no thyme.

ingredients

2 acorn squash (cut in half crosswise, seeds removed)
2 tablespoons butter
1 leek (white and light green parts, finely chopped)
1/4 cup Mascarpone
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 cup (8 oz) Gruyere (freshly grated)
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
grilled slices baguette

step-by-step destructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Prepare a medium roasting pan with a piece of parchment paper.

Season the flesh-side of the acorn squash with salt and pepper. Slice a small piece off of the bottom of the squash so that they lay flat on the prepared roasting pan with the flesh-side up.

Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the leeks and sauté until tender (aboot 4 minutes). Remove from heat and set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir together Mascarpone, heavy cream, nutmeg, reserved leeks, salt and pepper. Ladle the cream-leek mixture into all the squash halves, filling them 3/4 of the way up. Sprinkle the top of each squash with 1/4 cup of Gruyere.

Cover them with foil and bake for 1 hour or until tender. Remove foil and broil for 2 minutes to brown the top.

Serve with grilled bread.