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Old 26-02-2010, 10:48
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If it's not too dumb a question that is!

I was fleetingly tempted to buy one in Sainsbury's last week where they were on special offer, and make a soup. But I thought it might be helpful to at least have an idea of what to expect in terms of flavour or something to compare it to.

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Old 26-02-2010, 10:54
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If it's not too dumb a question that is!

I was fleetingly tempted to buy one in Sainsbury's last week where they were on special offer, and make a soup. But I thought it might be helpful to at least have an idea of what to expect in terms of flavour or something to compare it to.

Spooky! I made a butternut squash and sage risotto last night! Cut into chunks and roasted it's lovely, like swede in texture but sweeter. I love squash.
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Old 26-02-2010, 11:14
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It makes lovely soup, I roast it with a few cloves of garlic, a sweet red pepper and a few sprinkles of chilli flakes. Then blend it, add water/stock to your own consistency. Mmmm

Ambles off to go shopping for a butternut squash
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Old 26-02-2010, 11:28
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Thanks for your replies, you've sold it to me!

I love swede and the soup sounds great. I will add it to my shopping list*.

* assuming sem1 hasn't bought all the stock on his/her shopping trip!
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Old 26-02-2010, 11:30
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I've had it in restaurants (because they chuck it in vegetarian food a lot) and wasn't sold on it. So I'd be interested to hear how you fare, jojo. I love swede, as a side dish.
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Old 26-02-2010, 11:51
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swede mashed I like. Butternut squash - roasted or nothing. WIthout roasting and herbs I find the texture and flavour not nice at all. Also interested to know what you think
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Old 26-02-2010, 12:41
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I love it cut into chunks with carrot, swede and onion (all cut in chunks) sprinkle with a little olive oil and dried herbs and garlic..........roast till cooked and a lovely caremalised colour....yummy veg.
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Old 26-02-2010, 12:54
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Squash is really nice made into wedges! The sweetness really caramelises in the oven. Mmm.
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Old 26-02-2010, 15:19
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I love it cut into chunks with carrot, swede and onion (all cut in chunks) sprinkle with a little olive oil and dried herbs and garlic..........roast till cooked and a lovely caremalised colour....yummy veg.

I do the same, so tasty!
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Old 26-02-2010, 19:54
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I think it needs a roasting recipe to caremalise the sugars- roast wedges with brown sugar or honey or balsamic- slow cooked so the centre is gooey and not fibrous
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Old 26-02-2010, 20:06
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They make great soups, lovely colour. If you have some Thai curry paste you could try one of these from my blog:
http://live-love-laugh-and-eat.blogs...pkin-soup.html
http://live-love-laugh-and-eat.blogs...thing-new.html
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Old 27-02-2010, 17:46
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Having grown up in Australia where pumpkin and butternut pumpkins (as we call them) are far more common honestly I love the stuff.
To me a roast dinner just isn't complete without pumpkin.

Pumpkin soup is also the norm i use coriander with mine and a dash of sour cream when serving.
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Old 27-02-2010, 19:34
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Is it possible to DESCRIBE the taste of any food to another person ?
I would say to the OP - Just go out and buy a butternut squash and cook it !
They're not that expensive !
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Old 27-02-2010, 19:35
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Butternut squash is delicious. Roasted, with a bit of olive oil and Rosemary, Nigella encapsulated it perfectly - "golden cubes of gorgeousness". 'Skin' on, too - the entire thing is extremely nutritious as well as tasty and textury.
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Old 27-02-2010, 23:12
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I find it tastes a little like sweet potato.

I love butternut squash roasted with garlic and red onion. I usually have it with roast dinners and finish the rest by mashing it with potato to put on top of a cottage pie. hmmm lovely.
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Old 28-02-2010, 09:33
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swede mashed I like. Butternut squash - roasted or nothing. WIthout roasting and herbs I find the texture and flavour not nice at all. Also interested to know what you think
I totally agree.

BNS only nice for me when roasted otherwise its irky

Roasted with cumin and chilli for chicken/beef is my favourite or Sage and onion for pork or rosemary and garlic with lamb.

Sometimes swede can stay hard but BNS never does.
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Old 28-02-2010, 09:58
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Update: I bought one while shopping on Friday afternoon and I will be making a soup today!

And thanks for your continued descriptions
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Old 28-02-2010, 11:52
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Update no. 2: I've made the soup!

I roasted the squash with onions and garlic and a sprinkle of chili flakes. When I took it out of the oven, I tried a bit of squash and liked it.

Then made it into soup - however, I find the soup distinctly 'average'!

So if I buy it again, I'll just roast it, although I like the idea of using it as a topping for a cottage pie too.
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Old 01-03-2010, 23:07
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Yes Jojo you must spice it up and don't add that much stock, otherwise it can be a bit boring.
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Old 02-03-2010, 00:30
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I like to add some sweet potato and a red chilli or two to my butternut squash soup. It's my favourite, alongside swede and rosemary...
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Old 02-03-2010, 08:13
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I always add toasted and ground coriander seeds. I adds a bit of zing.
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Old 02-03-2010, 10:27
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it's a bugger to peel though, I did see the lovely Valentine Warner roast one, maybe it was pumpkin, same thing, and kept skin on, drizzle of olive oil, parmesan, salt n pepper
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Old 02-03-2010, 10:41
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it's a bugger to peel though, I did see the lovely Valentine Warner roast one, maybe it was pumpkin, same thing, and kept skin on, drizzle of olive oil, parmesan, salt n pepper
Oh god ! There is no need to peel at all, at all.
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Old 02-03-2010, 14:13
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I like to add some sweet potato and a red chilli or two to my butternut squash soup. It's my favourite, alongside swede and rosemary...
Any chance of you putting this recipe on here! Please!
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Old 02-03-2010, 19:33
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Yes Jojo you must spice it up and don't add that much stock, otherwise it can be a bit boring.
I did add some chili flakes which gave it some heat but I still wasn't that impressed! It tastes a bit similar to the carrot and lentil soup I sometimes make!
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