Boris Basso Benelli

Squash preserve with nuts

Dulce de alcayota con nueces

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Food and Cooking of Chile
Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

  • About

The spaghetti squash has been cultivated in America for centuries and is often preserved as a kind of jam. This uniquely Chilean preserve is not only used for spreading on bread, but is also eaten on its own as a dessert or as a filling for sweet empanadas. Preparing this unusual sweet treat at home is very satisfying.

Ingredients

  • 1 spaghetti squash
  • 675 g/1½ lb/3½ cups

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Bake the whole squash for 2 hours, turning every 20 minutes, until it is soft.

Energy 392kcal/1664kJ; Protein 1g; Carbohydrate 92g, of which sugars 91g; Fat 5g, of which saturates 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 29mg; Fibre 2g; Sodium 15mg