This is a delicious dish for holiday meals to serve along side a turkey or ham. Galliano is the “secret” ingredient that provides deep layers of flavor to the butternut squash and will have your guests begging for your recipe. Galliano is an award winning sweet Italian liqueur, infused with natural spices and herbs, that provides complementary flavors to winter squash dishes and soups. In some parts of the world butternut squash is also known as butternut pumpkin. Galliano makes several different flavors of liqueur, but we are using the original flavor.
Butternut squashes do vary in size. This recipe was designed for a large butternut yielding approximately 4 cups of cooked squash, so adjust recipe or cook two smaller squashes, as needed.
A simpler method for cooking the squash, using a slow-cooker:
- Wash the outside of the squash.
- Place whole inside your Crockpot. No cutting or dicing.
- Add 1/2 inch of water to the Crockpot vessel.
- Cook on HIGH for 5 hours, or LOW for 8 hours, or until tender.
- Remove with tongs and place on a cutting board.
- Cut lengthwise down the middle.
- Using a spoon or an ice scream scoop, remove the seeds and stringy bits — discard.
- Carefully scoop out the tender flesh of the squash, leaving the skin.
- Prepare as above.
