Butternut squash?????

alison10011

You can cut it up and roast it with other veg (courgettes / mushrooms / cherry tomatoes etc).. Or cut it in half and scoopout the seeds, spread maple syrup on it and roast it (scoop out to serve)

Also, you can boil it and mix with potato to make mash.

I found out this week that if you boil it whole for about 5 minutes it softens the skin making it a lot easier to peel (I haven't tried this yet - I get hubby to peel them).

Not made soup with it but I guess its like making any soup, cut into small bits, cook with stock, puree and add anything else you may need to it (cream / nutmeg etc)

HTH

newleaf

It's lovely roasted with a sprinkle of sea salt, garlic & rosemary. Just had some with my Sunday roast - yummm! If you have any left you can make it into soup easily, just cook it up in some vegetable stock with some onion & garlic, salt & pepper, add some red lentils for body if you like. Whizz up with a stick blender and chuck a bit of cream in if you have it.

Penelope_Penguin

Roast pumpkin soup

Cut the pumpkin into 4 pieces (8 if it's very large) and scoop out the seeds. Put into a roasting tin, drizzle with olive oil, season with pepper and nutmeg. Bake at gas 1 for an hour or 2 until soft. Meanwhile soften a chopped onion and some chopped garlic in olive oil. Once the pumpkin is cooked, the skin will be easy to remove and discard. Chop the pumpkin into small pieces and add to the onion with some light stock. Cover and cook on a low heat for 30 mins. Blitz in blender, and sieve if necessary. Add some milk, return to simmer, and serve with dollop of creme fraiche.

You can also halve or quarter your squash, fill with lightly sweated veg (onion, garlic, turnip, carrot, swede, courgette), wrap in foil, and bake at gas 3 for about 45 mins until tender.

Penny. x

rhubarbs

Butternut Squash Risotto - cheap, filling and really tasty!

Peel squash, cut into chunks. Put in pan, cover with boiling water and simmer until tender.
Drain but keep water to use as stock.
Mash squash with a bit of butter or oil, return to heat.
Add rice, proper risotto rice is best, and mix into squash mash.
Stirring frequently start to add stock (and stock cube if you like), about a ladleful at a time.
Keep going until rice is cooked.
Stir in some grated parmesan cheese, season and serve. (I've also sometimes put in some cream cheese)

skintchick

I do the soup recipe but don;t roast it and it tastes lovely. I add sweetcorn.

wendym

Lazy way to bake/roast all of the pumpkin family:

Split it in half, and place it cut side down on an oiled baking tray (if you're going to make soup, put sliced onion under it).

Bake until it's soft (about 45 mins for a sensible sized one). When it's cool enough to handle, scoop out the seeds, then the flesh just lifts out, so you avoid peeling and cubing (I discovered this cos I have arthritic wrists).

zzzLazyDaisy

Wrap it in tinfoil, sling it in the oven gas mark 5 for one and a half hours, unwrap, cut in half lengthways, scoop out the seeds, slice and eat.

Cooked this way, the skin is tender and delicious, so no need to peel, chop, etc etc....

Yummy!!!

ashby

For any recipe where you need to peel the squash. I recommend cutting into large pieces first it's much easier to peel these than the whole thing. Cut into bits with a flat side that can stand on your board then slice off the skin from the flesh with a SHARP knife.

recovering_spendaholic

I find that butternut squash is always easier to peel if it is at room temperature - sometimes I microwave it whole for about a minute to warm it up a bit and it peels much easier. I like it sliced and roasted with sliced red peppers and onions. I also like it cut into chunks and mixed with a little melted butter, brown sugar and salt and roasted that way.

HappyIdiotTalk

One of my mates who is a chef made one of Gordon Ramseys recipes with one of these for my veggie wife. I think it was in substitution for a pumpkin. He says its really hard to find a nice pumpkin and is more often than not a gamble, so a butternut squash is a better choice.

Anyway it was seriously good eating. I'll try and find the recipe tomorrow and post it up.