[Aunt Sally]

I've tried roat butternut with a roast dinner and didn't like it 

Do you need to add spices when roasting?

Your additions to the roast squash sound good, Sunny 

And yours, Mum.

[Beetroot Queen]

I only like butternut but have decided everything else is just a waste of growing space. Butternut and beetroot in a soup fabulous

[snowdrops]

I've tried roat butternut with a roast dinner and didn't like it 

Do you need to add spices when roasting?

Your additions to the roast squash sound good, Sunny 

And yours, Mum.

I do a Hugh fearnley wittingstall one,
Halve a butternut lengthwise,scrape out seeds, put a crushed clove of garlic in the hollowed out bit with a knob of butter or some olive oil,season with lots of black pepper & sea salt,place in a hot oven & roast till done. Cool & then scoop out most of the flesh, leaving a shell. Mash flesh with more seasoning & some fresh thyme & crumble in walnuts & blue stilton(I use white Stilton with apricots,cos I don't like blue cheese). Pile back into shells & drizzle with a scant drizzle of honey  & a few saved walnuts & cubes of cheese. Put back in the oven & bake until hot. Can be made in advance until the second baking.

[bravemurphy]

I do a Hugh fearnley wittingstall one,
Halve a butternut lengthwise,scrape out seeds, put a crushed clove of garlic in the hollowed out bit with a knob of butter or some olive oil,season with lots of black pepper & sea salt,place in a hot oven & roast till done. Cool & then scoop out most of the flesh, leaving a shell. Mash flesh with more seasoning & some fresh thyme & crumble in walnuts & blue stilton(I use white Stilton with apricots,cos I don't like blue cheese). Pile back into shells & drizzle with a scant drizzle of honey  & a few saved walnuts & cubes of cheese. Put back in the oven & bake until hot. Can be made in advance until the second baking.

That makes me want to cook one right now, Yum Yum !


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[Aunt Sally]

I do a Hugh fearnley wittingstall one,
Halve a butternut lengthwise,scrape out seeds, put a crushed clove of garlic in the hollowed out bit with a knob of butter or some olive oil,season with lots of black pepper & sea salt,place in a hot oven & roast till done. Cool & then scoop out most of the flesh, leaving a shell. Mash flesh with more seasoning & some fresh thyme & crumble in walnuts & blue stilton(I use white Stilton with apricots,cos I don't like blue cheese). Pile back into shells & drizzle with a scant drizzle of honey  & a few saved walnuts & cubes of cheese. Put back in the oven & bake until hot. Can be made in advance until the second baking.

That sounds quite a complex recipe, Snowy   Would be good for entertaining visitors though.  I'd have to leave out the garlic though - I don't like it and it makes Worzel blow up and explode 

[snowdrops]

No really easy, great because you can prepare in advance. Good if you have a veggie guest or another variation I think was pine nuts & crispy bacon.

[Aunt Sally]

I'll bear that one in mind, Snowy. 

Can you freeze it after the first cooking?  I like to do largish batches of things to save me work later on.

[snowdrops]

I haven't tried but I can't see why not

[surbie100]

works well with rosemary too. And it's v forgiving so doesn't have to be in a stupendously hot oven - I can get a loaf of bread doing with it too. Given the oven is on and all....

[Auntiemogs]

So glad you started this thread Aunty. 

I love growing (and looking at) squash, but they're a bit too sweet for me tbh. 

I've only just composted the last of last year's crop (because it would've taken a chainsaw to break in to them). 

So, being the soup dragon that I am (it's genetic), I was motivated to peel and chop my Uchiki Kuri and make a lovely squash, coconut and chilli soup. 

Thank you. 

[Comfreypatch]

Roast a halved squash then scoop out the flesh,mash and use as a layer in a veg lasagne, if you use spinach as another layer you can get some nice colours 

[azubah]

I gave a squash to a friend last week just to get rid of it, and she gave me some lovely soup she made with it today. She roasted it with garlic, onion, and sage, liquidised it, and added chicken stock, salt and pepper.

[Madame Cholet]

Roast a halved squash then scoop out the flesh,mash and use as a layer in a veg lasagne, if you use spinach as another layer you can get some nice colours 

Can you tell me more I've roasted the squash and have spinach.

[catllar]

I like to oven roast them , cut up into wedges, sprinkled with lots of salt, chilli and oil. Just before they're done I sometimes add a sprinkle of brown sugar and lemon juice. Bake till skin is caramelising.