Can you roast a butternut squash whole?

[nevergoogle]

I hate chopping the bastarding squash of the butternut.

I fancy it roasted for tonight though.

Can I roast it whole? How long would that take?

Or do I have to chop it a bit then oil and garlic salt and pepper?

[mistlethrush]

I would cut it in half, take out the seeds and bung it in the oven (that gets done regularly at home) or if you're feeling strong, cut it in quarters

[nevergoogle]

Half you say. Any advances on halves?

[RosegoldRuby]

I'm sure you can roast it whole, I remember coming across a roasting-it-whole recipe and being filled with joy that I didn't have to chop or peel the bastarding squash.

Can't find the exact recipe yet though.

You could try googling .

[ChutesTooNarrow]

Yes. I do. Put in the oven on a baking sheet and cook for around 90 minutes until the skin is blackened and it's squishy. I wouldn't cook one any other way.

[LittleBearPad]

Halves or quarters. Would take ages whole wouldn't it.

Waitrose do ready chopped...

[RosegoldRuby]

I did just google, seeing as your name suggests a certain disinclination to do so, and yes, roast it whole. Takes about 90 mins, 200c.

I've done this, just jogged my own memory, really easy way to do it.

[ChutesTooNarrow]

It does take a while whole but I'm far too lazy to chop one up. I normally do it the day or morning before before I need it and then shove it in a lasagna in the evening.

[nevergoogle]

ok thanks. the reason i asked here is I'm sure I heard of it on here.

I am going to attempt to cut it in half, if this doesn't prove possible as I'm not a trained ninja assassin, then i will call waitrose and ask if they could send out a boy to chop my squash. Assuming that will fail, due to it being Morrison's fault, I will put my hacked at squash straight in the oven and see what 90 minutes of baking does to it.

Thanks.

[Selks]

I took a hacksaw to mine. It was quite enjoyable.

[sleeplessbunny]

i often roast them whole. Much easier to chop/peel etc afterwards. But let it cool down first unless you have asbestos hands.

[WilsonFrickett]

Yep, I always roast them whole - agree with sleepless though, you have to factor time in for them to cool down again, because they hold the heat for ages and there's usually a few gushes of boiling steam too...

[jennimoo]

I often pop a squash, cut in half, in the oven while cooking something else in the oven.

Great for soup or my butternut squash 'pesto'.

[Redpriestandmozart]

I cut mine into big rings, once I reach the seed section I use a metal cookie cutter to remove the seeds/threads and set them on roasting tray like this. the skin falls off once roasted. Once they are cut into rings it's easy to quarter them too.