summer squash - how to cook?

Deano27 · « **on:** August 11, 2008, 19:49 »

i've grown crookneck summer squash for the first time this year and now a few are ready i'm wondering how to cook with them. they seem half way between a courgette and a butternut so i don't want to overcook them. i'm thinking about roasting them for 20 mins gas mark 7, does that work for anyone else?

any recipe suggestions on how to use them?

DD. · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2008, 20:06 »

One of my lottie neighbours gave me some last year, in fact she's given me a very productive plant this year!

She told me to grate it & cook it along with tinned tomatoes, onions, herbs & garlic.

Made a great compote which even the kids raved about. Can be used as a pasta sauce.

agapanthus · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2008, 20:45 »

Chop and roast with olive oil a drop of balsamic vinegar salt and pepper and a sprinkling of finely chopped chillies!! YUM!

Deano27 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2008, 22:49 »

well in the end i peeled, chopped into cubes and roasted with a few halved toms, olive oil and seasoning, and then added them to a thai curry, and i wasn't disappointed! exceptional stuff, good to see that even with a lousy summer some of the veg are working out a treat!

compostqueen · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2008, 22:51 »

they are good cut into cubes, sauteed in butter or oil and added with other veggies with rice, like a pilaff

Sadgit · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2008, 19:13 »

in a risotto.... tis the only way to cook them

compostqueen · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2008, 20:30 »

no it's not, lotsa ways to cook em

Make a cake with em, or a pie, frinstance

Sadgit · « **Reply #7 on:** August 14, 2008, 08:55 »

Quote from: "compostqueen"

no it's not, lotsa ways to cook em Make a cake with em, or a pie, frinstance

IT IS!!!

If you tried my risotto it is all you would ever eat

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