Recipe - Macrobiotic Stuffed Squash

SQUASH STUFFING
2 md Acorn squash
1 tablespoon Sesame or corn oil
ds Sea salt
One fourth cup Onion minced
One fourth cup Celery chopped
One fourth cup Mushrooms cut or sliced up
1 cup Whole wheat or corn bread
Cubes
One fourth cup Pecans lightly roasted
One fourth cup Seitan cubed
One fourth cup Apricots, dried
Presoaked
1 tablespoon Parsley, fresh finely
Chopped (optional)
RICH GRAVY
3 Shiitake mushrooms dry
3 cup water
1 lg Onion thinly cut or sliced up
2 tablespoon Tahini
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
5 teaspoon Kuzu
1 tablespoon Mirin

To make squash stuffing:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Wash squash, cut off end and remove hard spots. Cut in half from point to
stem and scoop our seeds.

Lightly brush inside and outside with oil.Rub inside wiht sea salt.

Place cut side down in a lightly oiled baking dish or cast iron pot. Cover
and bake for 30 minutes or until tender. Remove from oven.

Saute onions, mushrooms and celery until tender but firm, about 15 minutes.
Add bread cubes, pecans, seitan and apricots.

Gently stir ingredients together and add One half to 1 cup water to moisten.
Cover pan and simmer for 10 minutes or until water is absorbed.

Fill squash halves with stuffing and place in a lightly oiled baking
pan.Cover and bake for 15 minutes.

Place on a serving platter and garnish withparsley. Serve with gravy.

To make gravy:

Rinsemushrooms and soak in 3 cups water for One half hour. Drain, reserving the
soaking liquid. Cut mushrooms into slices, discarding hard tip of stem.

Saute onions and mushrooms for 125 minutes. Add reserved water, cover and
bring to boil.

Mix together tahini andsoy sauce and gently stir into onions and mushrooms.
Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Completely dissolve iuzu in One half cup cool water.

Turn heat to high and add kuzu, strring constantly until kuzu begins to
brown.

Lower heat, stir in mirin and simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve hot.

Per serving: 296 cal; 7 g prot; 660 mg sod; 42 g carb; 13 g fat; 0 mg chol;
259 mg calcium Vegetarian GourmetAutumn 1992/MM by DEEANNE

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