Interesting things to do with Butternut Squash?

Jetsam1

Going to have lots. Lots and lots.

We bought a half ton of seconds at the end of the season last year for animal food cheaply and couldn't get through all of it before it went off as the winter was mild. Put it all on the compost heap and fast forward to the spring, the seeds actually germinated naturally!!

Now it has taken over about a 5 m2 are and some of these Squashes are big. Had some rain and there are plenty of new buds now as well.

All my Hungarian wife wants is to just oven roast them. I find the taste ok but not really loving the texture.

Bit of a loss of what to do with it. Any ideas?

RaymondLin

Sliced thin, deep fried in tempura batter
Blended Soup 
Roast

MikeP

Jamie Oliver roast squash risotto. Squash likes sage and chilli and plenty fat/ oil when roasting

MikeP

The texture might improve later on in the year also

VimFuego

if you puree it with a little bit of salt and pepper, then poor the whole lot down the sink and buy the two biggest steaks you can find, then it's lovely. 

Steffo

Butternut squash risotto with feta and pine nuts is pretty nice. Otherwise soup.

munckee

Put them in the bin, horrid stuff!

thecolourbox

You could do an excellent Halloween display

wibble

Finbar Saunders...

 

Sporky

Roast with some garlic, chilli, and red onion, then in a wrap or flatbread with rocket and goats cheese. 

Supportact

Nice in a curry. I do  one with coconut milk and hot chillies.

GoFish

Erm, Squatternut Bosh?

PolarityMan

Summon the spirits of the restless dead.

stickyfiddle

My go to is sausages & squash roasted with cherry tomatoes. 

peel & cube then par boil the squash 
brown sausages
chuck the above in a roasting pan with cherry tomatoes, oregano, garlic, chilli flakes
add cream, drizzle olive oil and a little bit of lemon juice or white wine
grate a smidge of nutmeg over the top

Roast that for 45-60 mins until you squash is going black at the edges

Winny_Pooh

Supportact said:

Nice in a curry. I do  one with coconut milk and hot chillies.

Yep, and yellow lentils

Emp_Fab

This is bloody delicious! 



https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/butternut-chorizo-spaghetti

paulnb57

Roast then blend into a soup, fabulous!

Roasted chunks in a veggy curry

Roasted as a substitute for parsnips in a roast dinner

swiller

If you get fed up with eating the things..
Draw silly faces on it then give it to a neighbour that knocks on your door too much. They wont come round again.
Carve it to a sharp point and use it as a belly button fluff remover.
Paint them purple and flog em on e bay as OG Mr greedy organic toys.
Slice in half and slide up and down the fretboard and see if it works as a string cleaner/ fingerboard conditioner.

Kittyfrisk

Emp_Fab said:

This is bloody delicious! 



https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/butternut-chorizo-spaghetti

Hospital food has definitely taken a turn for the better...

Offset

If you're wheat-intolerant like me but love pasta dishes,  sliced BNS lasagne is gorgeous.

Kittyfrisk

I can recommend trying a version of this recipe  https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sort-of-sephardic-sweet-potatoes-and-squash-40001
Roasted, but with a cinnamon twist. Goes great with anything like rice & pasta, or just on it's own/as an accompaniment to a main course.
It's sweet enough, so I don't tend to use as much sugar (omit it completely or use maple syrup/pomegranate molasses) & can confirm that adding sage leaves works well for a more savoury take.