Question:
What is your favourite type of squash?
2011-10-09 17:20:19 UTC
and your favourite recipe for it?
Nine answers:
friendofchip
2011-10-09 17:32:53 UTC
THe richest, darking sweetest squash, with the most dense, rich buttery flavour, is the Kabocha squash. IT's the dark green very knobbly rough skinned one, looks like a huge green pile of mold and growths on the skin.

DOn't let that deceive you, inside is the most dark orange and green ( you can eat the skin , in fact do, it's amazing when you bake, steam, boil or roast it) fleshed fruit you've ever had. Bettter and sweeter and more creamy than butternut ( which is always a little bitter and watery to me), and dark pumpkin.

It's easily the best tasting, but I think it is overlooked because it is so ugly to look at, also it's not small or convenient to cut up.

The other good squahes are Turban ( again, a larger, uglier striped knobbly squash) and the small delicata.



The Kabocha and turban are just the best hands down.

Cut into slices, like ine inch thick, you'll have to wedge them, or end up with two round sided dics for each end of the squash.

Lay the slices in a hot oven, on a n oiled tray, and drizzle oil, a little salt and pepper and roast garlic cloves on them, then bake for 30-40 minutes.

Eat with toaste walnuts, melted soycheese ( can add grated soycheese in the last 5 minutes), some mango chutney and you'll never forget it.

You can eat them plain, no salt or pepper, with some butter ( earht balance spread is what I call butter) and miso paste, or marmite spread on, when the slices are still warm.





Or srop some balsamic vinegar, sliced figs, vegn sourcream and soycheese on them, and eat as is.



I can do soup too, it's the texture of these squash, so creamy, it's always a waste to ruin that with soup, imo...!
The Dez Pirate
2011-10-09 17:32:55 UTC
how can you pick just one? I love squash.



Here are my favs:



summer/zucchini:



slice it very thinly



dip in egg, then in flour seasoned with salt and pepper



fry til crispy, drain excess oil on paper towels and sprinkle with salt mmmm



Butternut:



Just roasted and mashed with butter and brown sugar.



For savory I made this the other day super simple:



cube up potatoes and butternut squash and line the bottom of a pan with them in an even layer. Season with salt, pepper, onion powder (or I suppose you could put real onions in, i just hate them).



Then put a roaster chicken on top, roast the entire thing at 400 until the bird is done. the squash is perfect. mmm so good.



Acorn squash:



Roasted with butter and maple syrup (just cut in half, scoop out the seeds and drizzle the edges with syrup, put a pat of butter in the center of each one)



Savory way:



Make a bechamel sauce (4 tbsp flour, 4 tbsp butter and like 3 cups of milk. you want it to be thick)



add a cheese of your liking. I used cheddar and some parm



add cooked and drained spinach



add browned sausage (I used 1/2 pound for 1 large squash)



mix all together and stuff into par-roasted squash (roast at 400 for about 20min)



sprinkle with cheese and put the stuffed squash in the oven to finish cooking, maybe 15-20 more minutes.



If you are vegetarian you could always use tofu scrambles, or chunks, or just leave out the sausage entirely. I like this because you can make left over brunch by adding scrambled eggs and a fruit salad!!
?
2011-10-09 17:24:51 UTC
Summer squash :)



I don't know exactly what the recipe was called but my mummy made something with it. I think it was some sort of casserole. I'd ask her, but she's out.



It's not a trouble, I'm actually curious too lol
too.muchtv
2011-10-09 17:37:29 UTC
Pumpkin

Pie

I don't have a recipe, because I turned vegan since using that recipe, and now I'm looking for an alternative. I used the recipe on the can and it turned out OK.
mark
2011-10-09 17:30:44 UTC
I have one squash and two dishes



Butternut Squash



Butternut squash risotto and butternut squash ravioli with sage brown butter sauce.
?
2011-10-09 21:32:42 UTC
Spagetti squash. I steam it and shred it and use as a low-carb replacement for pasta. I also like kabocha and chayote squash.
~Silky~
2011-10-09 18:37:24 UTC
Spaghetti Squash...just a little butter, salt and pepper...so yummy
Samir M ♞
2011-10-13 09:30:05 UTC
Rasna pineapple
2011-10-09 17:22:59 UTC
Ew. Squash. Why would you ever need a recipe for something so disgusting?


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