veggies

bonnie_2

got my organic box today what do i do with fennel and butternut squash

squeaky

bonnie wrote:

got my organic box today what do i do with fennel and butternut squash

I've only really enjoyed fennel raw in salads and never had much success cooking with it.

Mind you - I'd never tried any of These Recipes so might well come back to them next time I have some fennel.



I have no idea what to do with a squashand there must be so many recipes out there to choose from that it makes it almost impossible to decide...

Noozan

Not sure about the fennel as I've never tried it before.

Butternut squash - peel, chop into chunks and roast along with potatoes etc if you are doing a roast.

Butternut squash soup - melt a knob of butter, add a finely chopped onion and cook for a few minutes on a low heat. Add squash cut into small chunks. Sweat for about 10 mins on low heat. Add about 100ml of milk and 500ml of veg stock. Simmer for 20 mins. Allow to cool slightly and then blitz down with hand blender or put in liquidiser. Swirl some cream over the top just before serving if you're feeling flush.

Seeds from squash can be toasted lightly and then eaten like sunflower seeds. Or dry some and plant them next year. :j

Lyndsay_21

i like 1/2 a roasted butternut squash, basically u cut it in 1/2 lengthways then score the flesh with a knife then put a little drizzle of oil over it cover it in foil and put in the oven for 45min, i would take the foil off for the last 20 mins to make it go all crispy round the edges yummy

Curry_Queen

You could try a Butternut squash and tomato soup that I posted here several months ago and is absolutely yummy!

Whitefiver

Noozan wrote:

Butternut squash - peel, chop into chunks and roast along with potatoes etc if you are doing a roast.

:j

This is absolutely delicious! If not doing a roast, then as others have posted, drizzle some olive oil over and roast (we do it in chunks rather than halved).

Word of caution, the skin is *tough* and the last time I did it, the knife slipped, and we nearly had a slice of my finger to roast too!

Regards,

White.

Numptie

As shown above,the best way to bring out the flavour is to is to peal, dice and roast it in a little olive oil. Use in soups, risottos and curries. Used mine to bulkout a chicken curry, only add the roasted butternut squash for the last few minutes or it turns to pulp, you want to have chunks of squash left to bite into. Yummy!

Can you dry and eat the seads, as per pumpkin seads?

bonnie_2

cheers everyone will keep me going

researcher

My favorite spicey soup uses butternut squash.

Remove the skin and seeds and cut the squash into chunks. Place into a roasting tin with a couple of onions, an orange (or red) pepper, as many garlic cloves as you like and a red chilli pepper. Sprinkle liberally with cumin (seeds or powder), salt, pepper and a little olive oil. Cover tightly with foil and roast slowly for about an hour. Take out of the oven and leave to cool without opening foil. After at least an hour remove skin and seeds from peppers and chili. (Don't rub your eyes etc). Put everything into a pan and add either some homemade stock or some made up from a cube and if you have some - saffron. Blitz or liquidise adding enough liquid so as soup is as thick as you prefer. The colour will be amazing and the taste, deep, rich and delicious. The texture should be like silk. Freezes well too.

The fennel is delicios with fish, I slice it finely and saute it with onion and garlic and serve with fresh tuna. Don't chuck away the middle green bits - they're delicious too. Fennels also nice added to puy lentils.

Sounds like you've got a good veg box!

bonnie_2

my box was good,potatoes,squash,carrots,mushrooms,tomatoes,pepper,grapes,fennel.bananas,nectarines,apples,pears,courgettes,marrow think thats it.

Becles

Butternut squash - peel, de-seed and dice it. Boil it, then mash it when soft. My boys like it like that!