What can I do with butternut squash

[Jcee]

I've been given some butternut squash, but having never had it before, I have no idea what to make with it....

Anyone got any yummy preferably hassle-free ideas?

how many have you been given?

(am really really hoping for a Rhubarb moment here)

You can boil it and mash it with butter, lovely alternative to mashed potatoes.

Cut it up and roast it

Spicey butternut soup

Put it in a rissotto

peel, chop into chunks place in roasting dish, drizzle with olive oil and crush garlic over the top. roast for about 25 mins. Lovely.

Chop it up and roast it with honey, rosemary and pine nuts. Serve with bacon and a dollop of creme fraiche.

Soup is good, that's what we're having tonight.

It's super easy

Butternut Squash Soup
Serves 2

1 small butternut squash, peeled deseeded & chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 vegetable stock cube, dissolved in 1 pt (600ml) boiling water (or nicer home made stock if you have it)
salt & pepper

Put squash and onion in large saucepan and add stock. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes until squash is tender. Liquidise or mash until smooth. Season. Can add a pinch of coriander and/or cumin with stock for a curried version.

(If you're not on a diet it'll taste even nicer if you fry the onion obv)
(no point on WW)

Bacon and butternut risotto - fry an onion with a packet of bacon, add a mug of rice, one chopped butternut and as much stock as the rice'll absorb.

dice with other veg - carrot, courgette, red onion, mushroom, peppers etc, cover in olive oil, some garlic and chopped fresh rosemary and roast in the oven for around an hour. Serve with roast chicken.

Or butternut and sweet potato soup

Or butternut and baby pasta soup

oooh thanks - those recipes sound fab, need to choose which one to do now...

Random I've got 4 from my neighbour, who has an allotment. Apparently they were this year's experiment which turned out to be far more successful than he expected!

Roast it in a big pan with potatoes, onion, peppers and any other root veg you happen to have lying around. Throw in your favourite herbs and some chilli flakes if you like a bit of a kick. If you want it to be a complete meal put in some chicken (chopped into small pieces) or sausages.

Also they last for months if you keep them dry. mine sit on the kitchen window sill, looking decorative until we want to eat them.

I make curried BNS soup, or BNS & parmesan risotto but its best just roasted in the oven with a drizzle of olive oil!

Hugh F-W did a stuffed BNS recipe last week. Am v. tempted to try it as bored with turning it into soup all the time!

There is a souper sounding soup on the home page.

B Squash is so useful, all these delicious ideas are making my mouth water.

I'm pinching some ideas for my glut of pumpkins!

I made a divine soup last weekend, new recipe, streets ahead of my normal one and packed with flavour. It used quite a large proportion of onion, a little garlic, pre roasted and pestle and mortared coriander seed, caraway and cumin, stock and creme fraiche.

I made souffled cheesy croutons to go with it.

I made some butternut squash muffins last week. Sounds weird, I know, but they were a lot like carrot cake - very nice.

These recipes sound FABULOUS, especially the soups! I once had butternut squash soup with coconut milk - a bit of a strange combo, but divine flavours.

I think the key with b squash soup is to oven roast it first, makes a massive difference to the flavour - much sweeter.

I love butternut squash muffins doozle, and I also love people's faces when you tell them that's what they are!

My fave way to use BNS (which I'm doing tonight - can't wait!) is to use it as a pasta sauce.

Cut the squash in half, scoop out seeds. Drizzle with olive oil and roast half a squash for 35-40 mins, or until it's tender enough to scoop out of the skin.

Let it cool until you can scoop out the flesh, and then mix together with half a packet of St. Agur cheese, a dollop of creme fraiche, a few sage leaves. Whizz with a hand blender to make sauce super smooth.

Meanwhile, boil pasta (I think a chunky pasta like rigatoni works best) and drain, saving a cupful of water.

Mix pasta into sauce, using a little cooking water to bind if necessary. Grind some black pepper over the top and devour. Nom nom nom. Be warned - it's very moreish!!

I find half a squash serves 2 people, but we are a little greedy .

YUM YUM

But put a red onion in it too

Butternut squash and blue cheese risotto?

Cube squash, slice a red onion, cover in olive oil and roast for 40 mins.

Fry risotto rice in olive oil for minute or two then slowly add veg stock.
When all stock absorbeed, crumble bluse cheese in and zest and juice of a lemon.
Delish.

This is the one you need

jamie o

I made Littlecheesypineappleone's soup, which was fabulous. Even DP was impressed and he isn't one for meals with no meat in.

So I think we are butternut squash converts, can't belived I'd never tried it before

Very interested to try the pasta sauce as it sounds gorgeous but I think I'll give the muffins a go next

Excellent. It's v easy and tastes v creamy even though it's not.

I like Jamie O's stuffed butternut squash recipe.

Also, slice it in half lengthways, slash the flesh, s&p it and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Roast it for a bit. Add some caremalised red onions and a big dollop of cream cheese to each one, plus some roemary and roast a bit more. Gobble it up with a salad if feeling good or roast potatoes if feeling bad.

You can make this gorgeous pumpkin and ginger teabread using grated squash. Divine!