Pouding chomeur, which translates to “unemployed man’s pudding,” isn’t inexpensive to produce. The good news is that you only need to consume this sometimes during the year. It’s the ideal treat to serve with vanilla ice cream or seasonal fruit. Your cake should float over a pool of the sauce if you use a larger baking dish than I did and pour all the maple cream syrup over it. Serve the leftover sauce on the side if you simply use a deep pie plate, like I did.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 small onions, chopped
- 1 (2 1/2 pound) butternut squash – peeled, seeded, and cubed
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon water, or as needed (Optional)
- 3 eggs
- ¾ cup sour cream
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ (8 ounce) package coarsely shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch casserole dish.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onions in the hot oil until softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in squash and garlic; season with salt. Cook squash mixture, stirring occasionally, until squash is slightly tender, about 10 minutes. Add water if mixture gets too dry. Transfer squash mixture to the prepared casserole dish.
- Lightly whisk eggs in a bowl; stir in sour cream, Parmesan cheese, basil, and black pepper. Pour egg mixture over squash mixture; top with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender and mozzarella cheese is bubbling, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 512 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 42 g |
| Cholesterol | 194 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 714 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 30 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Wonderfully as is!
Absolutely excellent recipe! I will definitely make this again, it was a welcome addition to our holiday meal!
A good recipe is always amenable to substitutions. I only had to make a few this time, yogurt instead of sour cream, cottage cheese mixed with chevre instead of mozzarella . I had to use a cast iron pan since I couldn’t locate the right size dish after a recent move and it was fine. The flavor was great, (a fair amount of cheese was helpful. I often find squash dishes boring but this was really quite good.
So great! Thank you for a new way to make butternut squash. I “lightened it up” a little and still LOVED IT. I used light sour cream and low fat mozzarella. I also added mushrooms and spinach. It was really rich and lovely. Ended up eating the remaining portions as a protein/veggie breakfast. Thanks again!
I liked it but I don’t think this recipe would serve 4 people, or at least not in my house!
made this exactly by ther recipe, it was delicious!
Delicious! I added a sprinkle of nutmeg, but, with only that exception, I folllowed the recipe exactly. I’ll be making this again.
I wanted to get away from sweet side dishes this year and ran across this recipe. I tried it on Thanksgiving and liked it so much I just cooked it again today. It is now my favorite butternut squash recipe. I am using a slightly smaller dish to make it in, since I didn’t want it spread out quite as much. Great taste.
Our family really likes this squash dish. I used a bit less garlic and did not have fresh basil, but used my dried herb. I have made this a few times already. I think it is a good dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas.
My family didn’t like this dish as much as I did, but I really enjoyed how savory it was, especially so because of the onion. So the leftovers were all mine! It was my first time working with butternut squash and I’ll use this recipe the next time I do, too.
This is a delicious recipe!! I know I’ll be making this one often. My hubby loved it too, someone at his work smelled it while he was heating it up, so he had to share some! That guy loved it too! To make it a full meal, I added some browned Italian sausage just before putting it in the casserole dish.
This was ok but certainly nothing special. I don’t really think that the squash and cheese go together very well. We like butternut squash and eat it often in the winter – usually roasted with some olive oil and salt. We prefer it that way and for the effort this just wasn’t worth it.
This is excellent! I followed the recipe exactly but added a little more salt after reading reviews. The garlic offsets the sweetness of the butternut squash nicely. I’ll make this one a lot.
I put Feta cheese on top as previously suggested, as well as have added dried Oregano to the recipe. Broiled towards the end. It is delicious!
very fulfilling
This recipe is easy to follow and comes out tasting great! Kind of a cross between squash and quiche. A winning recipe…would be great for brunch.
Loved this recipe! Great taste. I used dry basil instead of fresh basil since that’s what I had and it worked as well. Will definately make it again.
So easy and so good. Makes a very large casserole!
I made this exactly as the recipe was written except I substituted Monterey Jack cheese for mozzarella because that’s what I had on hand. It was delicious and a great way to use butternut squash that isn’t a soup. I will definitely make this again.
Easy and yummy after a long day this is a quick dinner I use store chopped butternut squash and goat cheese with ricotta cheese
This was my first experience with Butternut Squash, made this as listed but substituted dried basil since Fresh was not available. Love the recipe but wash shocked how sweet the butternut squash was despite salt, onions and garlic! Never having cooked with Butternut Squash I thought the sweetness came from all the brown sugar, molasses and Maple Sirup recipes usually call for. So, great recipe but butternut squash is off the menu for us going forward! My husband said it tasted like pie and asked for the whipped cream … thinking of trying this with potatoes instead for a satisfying meal or some other, less sweet squash…