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Take one butternut squash....

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AnonymousBird · 06/06/2014 13:50

I have a butternut squash in the fridge. Not quite sure what to do with it. I bought it last week ago thinking it would go in a lamb stew when the weather was chilly, but that doesn't feel right now, and I don't have the requisite lamb, and I want to use it "summer style" over the weekend before it goes off.

Part of a salad? Would it go on kebab sticks? I don't know, please inspire me!

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pregnantpause · 06/06/2014 14:16

It's lovely cubed and roasted with garlic and chilli put into a salad warm with torn mozzarella to balance the chilli, or stuff the cubed squash into pittas with cucumber dip ( tzatisomething is the proper name)

Also worth halving and roasting then stuffing for the last ten minutes with goats cheese and chunky breadcrumbs- makes for a crunchy cheeses delicious squash boat.

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sausagefortea · 06/06/2014 14:17

Cubed and Oven roasted with red onions as a roast accompaniment. Nice with a bit of cumin too.

Or with spaghetti. Oven roast small cubes in some olive oil with some whole garlic cloves. Cook some spaghetti. Fry in a bit of butter (well, I like a fair bit of butter as it's going to be the sauce for the pasta) a finely chopped red chilli and some pine nuts. When the squash is a bit toasty and soft then put with the spaghetti, chilli and pine nuts. Squash the cloves into in it as well. Mix it all up with a bit of pasta water and a tbsp or so of Parmesan. Last minute stir in some rocket.

Fay ripley does a nice one where you half the squash and scoop out the seeds. Then chop the top bit off and cut up into chunks then roast it all for about a n hour. Then you put the cubed squash back in the scooped out bit with some breadcrumbs, possibly mushrooms and cheese? Was quite nice but very very butternut squashy!

I also like it in soup. Oven roast first and then whizz into some stock with a bit of onion in it.

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Minnieisthedevilmouse · 06/06/2014 14:18

Just de seed and roast. Makes very tasty chips.

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Minnieisthedevilmouse · 06/06/2014 14:19

A squash risotto is also sublime

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sausagefortea · 06/06/2014 14:19

Butternut squash rissotto is very nice too. Think I've par boiled small cubes and then pan fried and then just did the usual rissotto type stuff. Think Jamie o has a good butternut squash risotto recipe.

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AnonymousBird · 06/06/2014 17:13

Thanks all. I did think of risotto after if posted actually but wasn't quite sure how to approach that so I will hunt down Jamie or other recipe. And love the roasted warm squash in a salad idea. Might be doing a bit of both over the weekend! All yummy. Thx. Grin

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couldthisbeit · 06/06/2014 18:45
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Longdistance · 06/06/2014 18:48

I agree. Oven roast it, and whack it in a salad/cous cous. It will be delicious with herbs and/or garlic added when roasting.

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neversleepagain · 06/06/2014 21:54

Don't worry about it going off, they last months!

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