Ingredients
Teff Ingredients:
- 1 cup Maskal Ivory Teff
- 3 cups water
Candied Cranberry Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons vegan sugar
Roasted Butternut Squash Ingredients:
- 2 cups cubed butternut squash
- 2 teaspoons mild oil such as avocado or olive
- 1/4 teaspoon powdered rosemary or 1 sprig fresh
- A pinch of salt and pepper
Saute Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or water saute to make oil-free
- 1 small onion, minced (about 1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 cups chopped mushrooms
- 2 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and oil a baking sheet.
- Cook the Maskal Ivory Teff Flour and water in a small saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Once the boil begins turn the heat to low and cook for 15 minutes. Stir, then remove from heat. Note: This can be made a day or two in advance.
- Roast the Squash.Toss the butternut squash, oil, and rosemary all together in a mixing bowl. Spread on prepared baking sheet. Cook for 15 minutes. Stir the pieces around so they won’t get burnt, and cook 10 minutes more, or until tender. Set aside for later. Note: This can be made a day or two in advance.
- Candy the Cranberries.Place the cranberries, water, and sugar into an uncovered small saucepan and bring just to a boil. Then turn to medium heat. Stir every few minutes until the cranberries begin to burst and most of the water has cooked off. Note: This can be made a day or two in advance.
- Make the Saute.Heat the oil over medium high heat in a large skillet (large enough to add all the cooked teff in a later step). Once the oil is hot, add the onion and salt and saute until translucent. Next add the garlic, mushrooms, poultry seasoning, and celery seeds. Saute until the mushrooms cook down.
- Put the Dressing Together and Serve.Turn the heat to medium and add the cooked teff in large spoonfuls into the saute pan. Repeat until all the teff is mixed in. It will be sticky, but as you cook it this time, it will dry out a little bit. Chop the mixture up continuously with a large spatula.
- If your teff seems like it’s not drying at all, you can spread the mixture in a thin layer and flip pieces as they cook on one side. Be careful not to burn anything, you only want it just dry enough to mix with the saute ingredients.
- Once the saute is well mixed and looks like dressing, chop it up with your spatula one last time and put into a large serving bowl and level off the top with the back of your spatula.
- Place the roasted squash on the flattened top you just made and put the cranberries on top of the squash.