Butternut squash: Cook and then peel, or peel and then cook?

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your best tips for this please, was just going to roast it and serve with pasta and broccoli and a light sauce.

ages since i cooked one though

peel first, def

I imagine it would be very hard to peel when cooked

I roast it whole then cut in half, deseed and scrape out flesh, or peel dice and roast in chunks.

jamie oliver said dont peel i think as tastes nice and stringy.but dont listen to me as cant cook but caught bit of his programme.whenever ive done it ive peeled first .

thank you all!!

will try peeling it and dicing it !

Pretty impossible to peel.

Chop and dice the inside.

I never peel butternut squash. The skin cooks beautifully and tastes nice. It's less tough than jacket potato skin.

thanks, just tried to peeel a bit !! i shall be roasting it whole, then dealing with the inside

tough as old boots!

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I've never eaten the skin! I find they peel easily, with a peeler (not a stick sahped peeler IYKWIM()

old Jamie says don't peel !

I chop it into slices, then roast, then cut the middle out. I like the roasted edges of the flesh.

Will try eating the skin though.

surely you can't peel when cooked though

I can understand the scooping out, but peeling?

he says the skin will be lovely and tasty and a bit chewy -

thank you all

it is in the oven, unpeeled, drizzled with olive oil and rock salt, and i shall report back

if anyone cares

yay- i didnt imagine jamie.

how long does it take to cook!!

Just stick a sharp knife in a thick bit!

and then what.. wave it around the kitchen?

should it be soft or firm?

Lol conversation about butternut squash.

How's it going? It should be soft but not erm - squashy - and should smell lurverly.

You should still be able to "chop" it.

it is soft, smells yum, waiting for it to cool a little, then will cut it

i can make sit down roast lunch for 20 ,but canot cope with a squash

squash is a devil to prepare - dd loves it mashed but it takes forever to peel and slice it... If supermarkets can sell ready prepared Brocolli etc., you'd think they'd do chunks of butternut squash wouldn't you ?

they probably do, but i tend to shop in lidl and aldi, with the odd tesco delivery !

i have just peeled it with no difficulty and diced it .. so cook then peel seems to be the way forward !

well it was lovely in the pasta dish i made. thank you !

That's strange. I know I answered on here?!?!!