something delicious involving an acorn squash

[krabbiepatty]

Any thoughts? Maybe spicy?

Ah go on . Am hoping to get this thread to a thousand posts and this is a slow start to be sure

acorn squash, acorn squash
how much meat do you reckon it would yeild?

Oh thank you,suzy, well it is quite small, perhaps the size of a large grapefruit so not all that much meat on the poor thing. I suppose that means it will need to be a component in some larger scheme rather than starring in a soup for example? In fact take its skin and seeds off and there'll be not much left of the thing...

Maybe I should buy it some friends and then eat them all?

There is a lovely Hugh FW recipe which basically involves taking a 'lid' off the top of your small squash and scooping out the seeds, filling it 1/3 with gruyere, 1/3 with cream and then baking (takes about 45 min for something that size). He calls it a soup, I call it a a rare, artery-busting treat. But you will only get one serving out of that size of squash....

That sounds delicious. I think my error was buying only the one squash. Maybe I could make a tagine with it?

no too small for a tagine it will disintergrate after long slow cooking
go with the HFW one and eat in on your own in your bedroom while watching what ever floats your boat and wipe you mouth on the duvet cover. YUM

i would make it into a curry with some sweet potatoes and whatever other vegetables you have to hand, some vaguely Thai spicing and coconut milk.

I would roast chunks in the oven with honey and oil and serve with meat or fish.
Or mix the roasted chunks into a cooked risotto.
DH makes them into a curried squash soup, but it definitely requires more than one squash.
Its nice to half roast them whole and then fill with a precooked veg/meat filling and then bung back in oven in manner of stuffed courgette/marrow/pepper.
I dont bother trying to remove the skin, I scrub it clean and cook it with it on, makes it easier to scrape it out after cooking...or eat it.

Its squash and pumpkin season here in Switzerland and as they are so cheap I cant resist. I came home with 7 different types yesterday and am now trying to come up with ways to eat them all. Thank god they keep!