Pork Roast and Acorn Squash

This pork roast and acorn squash recipe is cooked in an orange-cinnamon glaze.

A couple years ago, I bought incorrectly marked seeds and accidentally planted acorn squash when I thought I was planting pumpkins. The plants were incredibly productive. I had tons of acorn squash and limited experience with preparing it. After butchering several of them, I figured out an effective method for cutting acorn squash up.

How to Cut Up Acorn Squash:

Cut the top and bottom off the acorn squash. Place the squash on a cutting board. Follow the ridges and cut the squash into wedges.

Once you have cut the squash into wedges, use a serrated knife to remove the seeds. Save the seeds! You can roast acorn squash seeds, just like you do pumpkin seeds.

Use a Vegetable Peeler to remove the skin from each acorn squash wedge.

Cut the squash up into the desired size pieces.

Cutting up an acorn squash is a little work, but well worth the effort for this mild-flavored squash.

Orange-Cinnamon Pork Roast and Acorn Squash Recipe

This pork roast and acorn squash recipe makes a delicious fall meal. It is seasoned with orange juice, honey, cinnamon, and ginger. If you don’t have acorn squash, you can substitute sweet potato for the squash.

Ingredients:

• 2 lb. pork roast
• 2 acorn squash cut into bite size pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Brush oil over an oven-safe roasting pan.
2. Place the pork roast in the pan. Place the acorn squash pieces around the roast.
3. Combine the butter, orange juice, brown sugar, honey, orange zest, and spices in a small bowl.
4. Drizzle the spice mixture over the pork roast and acorn squash.
5. Roast at 350 degrees for an hour or until the roast is cooked through.

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Pork Roast with Acorn Squash

Pork Roast and Acorn Squash with Orange Cinnamon Glaze

Course Main

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings 6 - 8 servings

Author Alea

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 lb. pork roast
• ▢ 2 acorn squash cut into bite size pieces
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter
• ▢ 2 tablespoons orange juice
• ▢ 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon honey
• ▢ 1 teaspoon orange zest
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon ginger

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Brush oil over an oven-safe roasting pan.
• Place the pork roast in the pan. Place the acorn squash pieces around the roast.
• Combine the butter, orange juice, brown sugar, honey, orange zest, and spices in a small bowl.
• Drizzle the spice mixture over the pork roast and acorn squash.
• Roast at 350 degrees for an hour or until the roast is cooked through.

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