Squash recipes - 47 recipes
Butternut squash, similar to pumpkin, is a winter squash and can be baked, roasted, stuffed or puréed to make soup and its sweet flavour and deep orange colour is perfect for sweet recipes too including butternut bread and muffins.
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Top rated Squash recipes
Roast Squash with Pear and Kiwi Chutney
By UniqueTaste123
Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy free, Gluten free
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tsp Panch pooran mix (1tsp fenugreek, 1 tsp poppy seed, 1 tsp black mustard seed, 1 tsp fennel, 1 tsp cumin seeds)
- 2 tsp coriander seeds - crushed
- 4 garlic cloves - crushed and chopped
- 1 tsp dried red chilli flakes
- 3cm fresh ginger root - sliced
- 200g Manuka honey
- 200ml lemon juice or vinegar
- 2 tsp salt
- 8 pears - skins remaining cored & cut into chunks
- 4 kiwi fruit - peeled & cut into chunks
- 1 squash (acorn preferable) cut into quarters and deseeded
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 30g Vegetarian/ Vegan cheese if able to source & finely grated.
Stuffed butternut squash
By Jenny
Cut off the top of the squash just below the stalk
- 1kg butternut squash (quite ripe so the flesh is not too hard)
- 300g minced beef
- 60g rice (I used Thai rice)
- 1 onion
- grated cheese (2 handfuls)
- 1 beef stock cube dissolved in 100 ml hot water
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- oil
- salt and pepper
Slow Cooker Quorn Sausage Casserole
By Harriet
A warming, comforting dish, suitable for lazy Saturdays and times when you need an easy to prepare, simple, yet yum...
- 1 Onion (Finely Sliced)
- 4-6 Quorn Sausages
- 2-3 Cans Whole Plum Tomatoes
- 1 Tin Baked Beans
- 1/2 Swede (Cubed)
- 2 Carrots (Diced)
- 1-2 Sticks of Celery (Sliced)
- 1 Medium Potato (Cubed)
- 1/2 Pepper (Diced)
- 1 Small Courgette/Marrow/Squash (Chopped)
- 1/2 Aubergine (Diced)
- 3 Large Mushrooms (Sliced)
- 1 Clove Garlic (Crushed)
Bucnica (Squash Cottage Cheese Strudel)
By GMulligan
For the dough Sift flour and salt
- Dough:
- 400 g (0.9 lb) flour
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 – 1½ cup lukewarm water
- FILLING:
- 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) summer squash, grated
- salt
- 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) cottage cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 50 g (1.7 oz) butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- Topping:
- 1 egg
- 1 cup sour cream
Butternut squash cake with jam
By parnships, If The Choux Fits
A butternut squash winter spiced cake with butternut squash-ginger jam
- 275g all purposes flour
- 650g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 350ml vegetable oil
- pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate doda
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 700g butternut squash
- 50g fresh ginger (ground)
- 300g cream cheese
- 200g icing sugar
Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup
By ginbin
Family Recipe - Daughter
- 1 large squash
- 2 onions
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
- 1/2 pack cooking chorizo (remove the skin for a smoother soup)
- Crushed garlic (one clove or a teaspoon of lazy garlic)
- Vegetable or chicken stock cubes
- Boiling water
Butternut squash and fennel soup
By Miss Diane
Heat some butter in a large saucepan and sauté the onions for 5 minutes
- 1 butternut squash about 1.5 kg or 3 lb, peeled and cut into pieces about 2.5 cm
- 1/2 fennel bulb, sliced
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 625 ml chicken stock (home-made, of course!)
- 250 to 500 ml of cider or white wine (Riesling, preferably)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp white wine vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Halloween pumpkin and choc chip muffins
By Sevin Delphine , blog : Ma cuisine gourmande
Cut the squash into cubes and peel
Creamy Trout, Butternut squash and Asparagus Risotto
By Vick11, Foodie
This delicious healthy and nutritious risotto is made with smoked trout, butternut squash and other vegetables, her
- 300g Arborio rice
- 200g smoked trout fillet (cut into cubes)
- 60g butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 leek stem (sliced)
- 150g butternut squash (diced)
- 1 teaspoon chopped of fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
- 1 glass Italian white wine
- 1 litre chicken stock ( Stock cube)
- 1 tablespoon cream
- 150g of asparagus tips
- 70g grated Parmesan
- Salt and pepper
- 70g grated Parmesan
Butternut squash mash with onion and jam
By parnships, If The Choux Fits
A lush side dish. Butternut squash mash with onion and pepper jam
- For the mash
- 1 medium butternut squash
- 70 gr butter
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- goats cheese
- For the jam
- 3 big red onions
- 2 red peppers
- 1 green chilli
- 50 ml sherry
- 100 gr brown sugar
- 2 rosemary sticks
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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The best Beef Stew
- Olive Oil
- 1 Onion, peeled & chopped
- 1 handful fresh Sage leaves (preferably from your Garden!)
- 800g fresh BQB stewing Steak or Beef Skirt, cut into small chunks
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper , freshly ground
- Flour (for dusting)
- 2 Parsnips, peeled & quartered
- 4 Carrots, peeled & halved
- 1/2 Butternut Squash, halved, deseeded and roughly diced
- 1 handful Jerusalem Artichokes, peeled and halved (optional)
- 500g small Potatoes
- 2 tbs Tomato puree
- 1/2 bottle Red Wine
- 285ml Beef or Vegetable stock (preferrably home made)
- Finely grated zest of 1 Lemon
- 1 handful Rosemary leaves
- 1 clove Garlic, peeled & finely chopped
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Beef - A Little Moroccan Magic
- 750 gm shin beef fat trimmed off and cut into serious cubes
- 2 small onions chopped
- Bunch of fresh coriander
- Half a butternut squash peeled and cubed
- 400 gm tin chickpeas
- 400 gm tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp of tomato sauce
- 600 ml of chicken or vegetable stock
- Olive oil
- Spice mix
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp ground cumin – I crushed cumin seeds in a mortar
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp paprika
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Roasted Butternut Squash
- 2 lbs of butter-nut squash
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon rosemary
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon honey or sugar
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Gratin Christophine (Chayote...
- 3 white cristophines (chayotes)
- 1 tbsp coriander
- 1 clove of garlic chopped
- 2 white onions chopped
- 1 red pepper
- 6 sheets of filo paper
- 10cl milk
- 10cl coconut milk
- 10cl of cooking of the cristophines
- 20g butter
- 20g cornstarch
- 1 tsp Creole spices
- 100g of goat cheese
- Salt, pepper
- Olive oil
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Butternut Squash Ravioli with...
- For the pastry :
- 250g of 00 pasta flour
- 1 Whole egg
- 3 Whole egg yolks
- 1cl White truffle oil
- 2cl Olive oil
- 1cl Water
- 12g Fine salt
- For the filling :
- 1/2 Butternut squash
- 2 Sage sprigs
- 40g Whole unsalted butter
- 1 Whole banana shallot
- For the garnish:
- 1 Whole garlic clove
- 5cl Double cream
- 1 Sprig Bay
- 6 Pinches Maldon salt
- 6 Turns freshly ground black pepper
- For the vegetables :
- Purple broccoli(s) : 300 gram(s) For the sauce :
- Sage sprig(s) : 6 Whole
- Red chilli(s) : 1 Whole Lemon(s) : 1 Whole
- Unsalted butter : 75 gram(s) Pecorino cheese : 50 gram(s)
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Butternut squash - potato casserole
- Potatoes 600 g
- Butternut squash 600 g
- Vegetable oil 60 g
- Onion 1
- White cabbage 150 g
- Semolina 55 g
- Salt 1 t.s.
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Raw pumpkin (ish) pie
- For the base:
- 1 cup of walnuts
- 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds
- 7 meejool dates, pitted
- Pinch of himalayan or fine sea salt
- For the filling: Set 1:
- 2 cups of cubed squash (I used butternut)
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- Pinch of himalayan sea salt
- 1/4 cup maple syrup (you could use raw honey or yacon syrup)
- For the filling: Set 2:
- 1 cup of cashew nuts soaked overnight and drained
- Zest of 1 lime
- Juice of two big limes (3 smaller)
- 1 cup of nut milk- I used a mix of homemade cashew and hemp milk
- The seeds of 1 vanilla pod or 1/4 tsp alcohol and sugar free vanilla extract
- Just over 1/4 cup of melted coconut oil- around 85ml
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Pumpkin pie
- Pastry:
- - 125g of flour
- - 60g butter
- - 1 yolk
- - 1 cup of water
- Filling:
- - 150g of pumpkin puree
- - 35g of cream
- - 1 egg
- - Cinnamon
- - Cloves
- - Nutmeg
- - Salt
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Pork - Cumin Roasted and Fried...
- 1 butternut squash
- 8 baby new potatoes
- 2 tablespoons of cumin seeds
- 4 halved long shallots
- 400gm tin of drained cannellini beans
- Pinch of a garam masala mix
- 125gm of vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon of crème fraîche
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
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Meggs, Beans and Squishtato Waffles
- 4 waffles
- 4 eggs
- 1 tin of beans
- pepper
- onion salt
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