Squash Recipes
Note: See Sassy Zucchini for meat version. Also see Biscuits for a scrumptious recipe from Mom's files.
1. Sephardic Casserole
Source: My Great Aunt Pauline's cook from Israel.
Note: Great casserole! Other similar recipes use zucchini only and mix with Swiss cheese and Parmesan cheese, or feta or cottage cheese, gruyere cheese, and Kasseri (goat) cheese. Let your imagination run rampant.
5 Zucchini
1 Potato
2 1/2 t oil
For sauce:
2 T cottage or farmer's cheese
1 Pkg romano cheese
3 Eggs, beaten
1 T Sugar
pinch salt
Pour sauce over vegetables.
Warm oil in deep pan. Cover with matzo meal.
Bake uncovered 350 till appears done.
2. Squash Fritters
2 cp grated summer squash
1/4 cp onion, finely chopped
2 t sugar
1/2 t salt
6 T flour
2 eggs, beaten
2 T butter or margarine
2 T grated lemon zest
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1. Drain and pat dry grated squash.
2. Combine with next 5 ingredients.
3. Stir in beaten eggs, add margarine.
4. Drop batter by tablespoons onto greased griddle or skillet and cook till delicate
brown.
5. Turn & brown other side.
3. Squash Gratin
Note: As with any Gratin recipe, the sky is the limit. Use bread crumbs, crushed corn flakes, crumbled cooked cornbread. Perk it up a bit by basting the squash with a Spicy Moroccan Sauce or Chile Paste before adding the gratin. This one is a Julia Child recipe in Parade Magazine. She also offers rutabaga as an alternative vegetable. 4 cps baked diced winter squash 1/2 t grated fresh ginger 1 large clove garlic, minced 2 T butter 3 T flour 2 cp light cream 3 T fresh white bread crumbs 3 T grated Swiss cheese 1. Steam squash, ginger, and garlic over 1" water for about 10 minutes, till squash is almost tender. 2. Remove squash and boil down liquid till reduce to 1/4 cup. 3. Melt butter in large pan, blend in flour, and cook about 2 minutes over medium-low heat. 4. Beat in hot squash liquid with cream and simmer 2 minutes. 5. Fold in squash and turn into baking dish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and cheese. Bake at 325 degrees about 60 minutes.
4. Broiled or Grilled Zucchini
Note: Substitute Herbed Butter or Oil cubes for oil and herbs.
2 zucchini, cut in half and sliced lengthwise into 1/4" thick slices
1 T rosemary, thyme, or herb of choice
freshly ground black pepper
dash of salt
2 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
2 T olive oil or butter
1. Arrange zucchini slices on broiling pan or grate if grilling
2. Sautee garlic in oil till browned.
3. Add herb, pepper, and salt, then drizzle over zucchini slices.
4. Broil or grill till crisp-tender, about 5 minutes.
5. Pasta Salad with Grilled Zucchini
Gourmet Magazine (epicurious.com) has a recipe for whole wheat pasta salad with grilled zucchini and olives that sounds tasty. It combines tomatoes, onion, and grilled zuccini slices with brine-cured black olives, ricotta "salata" or feta cheese, and chopped fresh basil. The mixture is tossed with red wine vinegar and 1/4 cup of olive oil. Another idea for a squash/pasta combo comes from Family Circle, Eat What You Lose, Peggy Katalinich. Roast the squash with other veggies for 35 minutes or till browned and tender and combined\ with cooked pasta and 3 T balsamic vinegar.
6. Baked Winter Squash
Note: See Cooking and Freezing Squash for instructions on cooking squash. You can use any number of sauces or stuffings, bake it au gratin, or mash it for Squash Biscuits.
7. Winter Squash with Wild Rice
Note: This is inspired by Martha Stewart, who uses halved acorn squashes stuffed with wild rice. Since that is a lot of squash for one person, I modifed it by baking any of the winter squashes, peeling and slicing the squash, and serving the rice in the center of the arranged slices. The squash should be baked just shyof fork-tender. Double the recipe to serve more than 6 people. I buy my wild rice from our Warner Food Coop. Unlike the store-bought (expensive!) stuff, it is unadulterated with white or brown rice.
Serve with Cranberry Orange Salad.
8. Butternut Puree with Cranberries and Brown Sugar
Note: No squash recipe archive would be complete without one that includes cranberries. This one is taken largely from Cooking in the Shaker Spirit, James Haller. He suggests using carrots or parsnips in place of squash. I added a little something to perk it up. 1 medium butternut squash, pumpkin, or banana squash (about 1 1/2 lbs) 1 cp fresh cranberries 2 cps light brown sugar 2 cps apple cider nutmeg to taste 2-3 T rum or brandy a gratin of bread crumbs or crushed potato chips or corn flakes 1. Peel squash as directed in recipe #6. Cut into 2" cubes. 2. Place it in a saucepan with remaining ingredients (except gratin) and simmer, stirring every 10-15 minutes to keep from sticking to pan. Cook it for about 30-45 minutes till the berries burst and squash is soft to the touch. 3. Mash mixture, place in buttered baking dish, add gratin, and bake in 400 degree over about 15-20 minutes.
9. Squash Puppies
Source: The Best of Southern Living Cookbook with some minor modifications. Since I could not find self-rising I am adding 1 t baking powder. Amount of mashed squash is a guess. Also trying this with pumpkin, since I have so much left from halloween.