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Butternut squash recipes?

NCshopper · Hermes

I'll usually do one of two things with butternut squash:

1) cut it in half, put a few small pats of butter on it, sprinkle with brown sugar and roast in the oven.

2) cut it into cubes, toss with a little olive oil, add some rosemary, salt and pepper and roast in the oven. You can also add root veggies like turnips, rutabagas, onions, and garlic and that's awfully good.

FashionPrincess · Hermes

I've never made it before but one time we went to Lidia's restaurant in Kansas City and had butternut squash ravioli and it was soooo yummy!!! I couldn't find a recipe for her's but here is one:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/roasted-butternut-squash-ravioli-with-a-sage-brown-butter-sauce-recipe/index.html
If you make it, let me know how it turns out.

Vanessa · Kate Spade

How about a risotto with pine nuts and spinach? You can get the recipe from PBS's america's test kitchen website.

This is from one of my friends:

1 medium butternut squash, diced
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
olive oil
salt & pepper
1/2 cut fresh sage leaves
1 lb farfalle (bowtie) pasta
3/4-1 c. chopped walnuts, toasted
goat cheese to serve

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine the squash, onion, garlic, olive oil, half of the sage, salt, and pepper on a baking sheet and roast approx. 45 minutes.

Near the end of the roasting time, cook pasta according to package directions. When the squash mixture is done, toss it with the cooked pasta and remaining sage. Pan-fry in olive oil until slightly browned and crisp. originally done in two batches with the cast iron skillet, but am thinking I could do it all at once in the wok if needed.

To serve, top with toasted walnuts and bits of goat cheese.

Elle · Hermes

Holy crap woman, make thee some butternut squash macaroni and cheese! Quick! Super yummy and makes a big pan - you can also do butternut squash lasagna (can also be done as stuffed shells) if you're feeling fancy.

Or this! Or this!

-- Edited by Elle on Monday 16th of March 2009 12:08:09 PM

alb · Marc Jacobs

yum - i'm totally trying one of these recipes this week!

Yana · Dooney & Bourke

I do a puree:

1. bake it with a sprinkle of brown sugar ( cut in halves), until very tender (400F for about 40 min).
2. mash it with a bit of orange juice ( squized from an orange, not a carton), salt, pepper, a dash of cinnamon & basically other spices to your taste ( I add a bit of much: grill spice, curry, paprika, whatever herbs I have ( cilantro/dill/dry oregano/sage/thyme).

P.S. you can also bake garlic with it on the same sheet ( take it out in 15-20 min after you put it into oven) & mash it later into butternut squash puree.

I love pasta & would eat it 3 times a day every day with ....ANYTHING, but i'm trying to lose a few pounds, so that seems like a light option.

-- Edited by Yana on Thursday 19th of March 2009 09:01:44 PM

Suasoria · Chanel

I'm crazy, but I like it raw.

2 cups or so butternut squash - peeled, seeded, cubed
2 cups raw walnuts
1 tablespoon fresh dill (or more, to taste)
Lemon juice (one lemon? to taste)
2 tablespoons nama shoyu, tamari, or soy sauce
1 tablespoon dulse flakes (or nori flakes or any sea veggie flakes, also to taste)

Add squash and walnuts to food processor and pulse until the pieces are manageable. Add remaining ingredients and keep tasting, adding, pulsing. It should be a moist spread/pate consistency.

I make sushi rolls with it, with avocado and cucumber.

Metric · Gucci

Thanks for all the ideas! I can't wait to try more.

I made something awesome after cruising a few food blogs.

Butternut Squash Quesadillas
roast butternut squash in the oven with salt, pepper and oil until tender (I stuck it in the fridge for a day but thats not necessary)

Pan fry some thin sliced onions in butter
on a tortilla spread the butternut squash so its a bit mashed.
Put on onions and a bunch of goat cheese, fold quesadilla in half

grill the quesadilla

soooo delicious!

jettie · Kate Spade

I love butternut squash! I usually bake it (or even microwave it if I'm short on time), mash it and add brown sugar, pecans, and a pat of butter. So good! Its almost like desert.

nightshade · Nine West

It's good with maple syrup instead of brown sugar too. Have any of you tried a delicata squash? Even richer, more buttery flavor than the butternut. It's the small striped green and yellow one.