Buttercup Squash Soup with Sage

Buttercup Squash Soup with Sage

Ingredients

1 Buttercup squash pureed or peeled, diced into cubes

3 Tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 yellow large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
12 sage leaves
4 cups vegetable broth or pumpkin broth

Directions

See Two different ways to cook pumpkin.  For this

In a large pot, saute on medium high the butter, onions, sage and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add squash,  broth to the pot.  Cook on low to 20 minutes.  Remove from heat to cool.

Puree mixture in a blender.  Return to the pot and reheat.

Garnish with Bacon, nuts, pepper, heavy cream, or anything else you want. 

Buttercup Squash Soup with Sage

Buttercup Squash Soup with Sage

Ingredients

1 Buttercup squash pureed or peeled, diced into cubes

3 Tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 yellow large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
12 sage leaves
4 cups vegetable broth or pumpkin broth

Directions

See Two different ways to cook pumpkin.  For this

In a large pot, saute on medium high the butter, onions, sage and garlic for about 5 minutes. Add squash,  broth to the pot.  Cook on low to 20 minutes.  Remove from heat to cool.

Puree mixture in a blender.  Return to the pot and reheat.

Garnish with Bacon, nuts, pepper, heavy cream, or anything else you want. 

Ambercup Squash

Ambercup Squash

Ambercup squash is a dry and sweet squash. Great for soups and most baking purposes. 

What is in your Squash - Buttercup Squash

Buttercup Squash

Hubbard Squash

Still not able to find what kind of squash this is.

orange spotted pumpkin

Golden Hubbard

Golden Hubbard

 

Orange Hubbard also called a Golden Hubbard

Orange hubbard squash exterior flesh is bright orange.  The interior flesh is yellow/orange with a very hard rind.    It's finely texture is medium sweet to medium dry flesh.  Great for cooking.  This squash was popular squash.  Also see Blue Hubbard Squash.
This squash was popular around the turn of the century, and is was a staple for the fall and winter pantry. Very similar to a Blue Hubbard. It is finely textured and has a yellow-orange flesh that is medium sweet and medium dry with very hard rind.

Turks Turban Squash

Turks Turban Squash

Turks Turban flavor is a mild and great for any recipe.  Not a lot of flesh as other squash varieties.  Flesh inside is light orange with firm flesh and very little strings.  Seeds are fat and great for roasting. Very hard outside with many surfaces, not great for peeling or cutting.  Cooking suggestion is to cook it whole and then remove outside peel.

Turk's turban, also known as "French turban", a heirloom predating 1820, and closely related to the buttercup squash.

pink and green squash or pumpkin

pink and green squash or pumpkin

Black Futsu Squash

Black Futsu Squash

 
This is a very rare black Japanese heirloom squash. The fruit is flattened and round.  The flesh is a golden color and has a rich taste of hazelnut.  A very unique gem to find.  When first harvested they are almost black in color. As the black futsu mature it will turn a rich chestnut color in storage.  Popular with European market growers.

Orange Hubbard Squash

Orange Hubbard Squash

Orange hubbard squash exterior flesh is bright orange.  The interior flesh is yellow/orange with a very hard rind.    It's finely texture is medium sweet to medium dry flesh.  Great for cooking.  This squash was popular squash.  Also see Blue Hubbard Squash.
This squash was popular around the turn of the century, and is was a staple for the fall and winter pantry. Very similar to a Blue Hubbard. It is finely textured and has a yellow-orange flesh that is medium sweet and medium dry with very hard rind.

Decorative Gourds - Angel Wings

 Decorative Squash

Angel Wing

Birds at Play

Birds at Play

Next time you look at a decorative squash see if it looks a bird.  

 

Maybe a swan or duck or big bird or a dragon. 

Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash

1 large butternut squash -peeled, cut into 1/2 slices
1/2 cup unsalted butter - melted
1/4 honey
1/2 chopped pecan
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel and slice squash. Pour half of the melted butter into bottom of a pan. Place squash into the pan. Mix butter, honey, nuts, Cinnamon and pour over the squash. Cook for 45 minutes. Test with fork.

recent work - Turks Turban Squash Soup

Turks Turban Squash Soup

Recent work

Images from a photoshoot with Kimberly Colburn, a Minnesota food stylist.  

When Hubbard Becomes Art

When Hubbard Becomes Art

 

 

Recent work -Butternut squash

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