Squash with coconut cream and mushrooms
- Published: 31 Oct 10
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This stuffed squash recipe is an impressive starter to serve at your next autumnal dinner party.
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Ingredients
- 4 baby squash, about the size of a large grapefruit
- 300ml coconut milk
- 1 thumb-size piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 8 shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, caps thinly sliced
- 50g pumpkin seeds, lightly toasted
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut, lightly toasted
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 1½ tbsp fish sauce (or use ½ tsp fine salt)
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. The trickiest part of this recipe is preparing the squash. You want to create a lid for each squash, so use a small sharp paring knife, hold it at an angle to the chopping board and carefully cut round the top of each squash, cutting out a shallow cone. Use a teaspoon to scoop out and discard the seeds and the stringy fibres. Place the squash in a baking dish and sit the lids beside them.
- Put the coconut milk in a saucepan with the ginger, chilli and garlic, then bring to a simmer. Take off the heat and mix in the mushrooms, pumpkin seeds and coconut.
- Lightly beat the eggs and fish sauce and stir into the coconut mixture. Spoon into the hollowed-out squash. Bake for 25-30 minutes until a skewer can be inserted through the squash flesh easily. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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- Recipe from November 2010 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 381kcals
- Fat
- 27.2g (17.2g saturated)
- Protein
- 13g
- Carbohydrates
- 22.9g (9.8g sugar)
- Salt
- 1.2g
delicious. tips
This tasty baked squash recipe makes a great starter, although you can always make one large one and serve it as part of a dinner party buffet. You can also steam them instead of roasting them.
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