{"id":255,"date":"2009-03-02T16:46:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=255"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:46:54","slug":"butternut-squash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=255","title":{"rendered":"Butternut Squash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Butternut Squash<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Almost no one is a stranger to Butternut Squash, with its tan skin, and bright orange flesh that is sweet and moist.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Storage: <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Butternut Squash is an excellent storage squash as long as the conditions are favorable and it has no visual blemishes.\u00a0 <\/span>Keep them in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated space.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Culinary Uses:<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a very versatile squash and can be prepared using variety of methods.\u00a0 <\/span>Butternut Squash can easily be cooked using the \u2018Simple Cooking Method for Winter Squash\u2019 below.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It can also to be used to make a delicious sweet or savory soup; sliced thin for use in Gratins with potatoes and other root vegetables; peeled, cubed, tossed in olive oil and roasted in a high heat oven so that the sugars caramelize and crisp up on the outside; saut\u00e9ed with a variety of fun ingredients including roasted nuts, herbs, lemon zest, wine etc.; it can also be used to replace Sugar Pumpkin in just about any recipe.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Simple Cooking Method for Winter Squash:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Preheat oven 350 degrees<\/span><\/p>\n

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Carefully slice your squash in half and scoop out the seeds.\u00a0 <\/span>You may save the seeds for roasting or discard them into your compost or trashcan.\u00a0 <\/span>Brush a little olive oil around the rim of the two squash halves and place cut side down in a baking dish.\u00a0 <\/span>Fill the baking dish with 1 to 2 inches of water, wine, or broth and bake in the oven until a fork will easily pierce through the skin, about 25-45 minutes, depending on the size of the squash.\u00a0 <\/span>Be sure to check and make sure the liquid doesn\u2019t totally cook out of the pan.\u00a0 <\/span>Add more if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Either scoop out the flesh and serve with butter and other adornments, or enjoy by eating the flesh straight from the skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Butternut Squash \u00a0 Almost no one is a stranger to Butternut Squash, with its tan skin, and bright orange flesh that is sweet and moist. \u00a0 Storage: \u00a0 Butternut Squash is an excellent storage squash as long as the conditions are favorable and it has no visual blemishes.\u00a0 Keep them in a cool, dry, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":251,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/255\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}