How I reduce butternut | RecipeTin Eats

Right here’s a fast little tutorial for the way I reduce butternut pumpkin / butternut squash. I initially had this included within the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe I additionally printed at present however determined to publish it individually as a result of will probably be helpful for different recipes!

How I reduce butternut pumpkin

Butternut pumpkin is known as butternut squash within the US, UK and just about the remainder of the world apart from in Australia and NZ! It’s a part of the squash household and tastes just about like pumpkin, although often it’s a little sweeter.

It’s obtained softer pores and skin that pumpkin so it’s simpler to chop. Right here is how I reduce butternut pumpkin:

1. Peel off the pores and skin utilizing a potato peeler. The pores and skin is softer than pumpkin so it’s simpler.

2. Reduce in half utilizing a pointy knife. Simply straight by the center, mendacity down. Use the burden of your physique urgent down on the knife and/or rock the knife backwards and forwards.

3. Stand upright, then reduce in half once more.

4. Halves – Publish reducing! 🙂

5. Scoop out the seeds utilizing a spoon.

6. Reduce the cheeks off the aspect with the stem (too laborious to chop by the stem).

7. Then trim all of the butternut round the remainder of the stem.

8. Reduce – And at last, reduce the butternut into the scale you need! For the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe, you need them in 3cm / 1.2″ chunks.

Recipes utilizing butternut pumpkin / squash

I exploit butternut pumpkin / squash for any recipe I make utilizing pumpkin. It’s a direct substitute – identical cooking time, strategies, amount and so on.

Listed here are a few of my favorite recipes to strive utilizing butternut pumpkin!

Hope you discovered this handy! – Nagi x

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The way to reduce butternut pumpkin (butternut squash)

Creator: Nagi

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Servings1 butternut pumpkin / squash

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Tutorial video above. That is how I reduce butternut squash – referred to as butternut pumpkin right here in Australia and NZ. Use butternut as a direct substitute in any recipe calling for pumpkin. Identical cook dinner instances, cook dinner strategies and portions!Use to make traditional Pumpkin Soup, Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup, roast it, make a salad, a coconut curry or make pumpkin risotto!

Directions

• Peel off the pores and skin utilizing a potato peeler. The pores and skin is softer than pumpkin so it is simpler.

• Reduce in half utilizing a pointy knife. Simply straight by the center, mendacity down. Use the burden of your physique urgent down on the knife and/or rock the knife backwards and forwards.

• Stand upright, then reduce in half once more.

• Scoop out the seeds utilizing a spoon.

• Reduce the cheeks off the aspect with the stem (too laborious to chop by the stem). Then trim all of the butternut flesh from across the laborious stem.

• Reduce – And at last, reduce the butternut into the scale you need! For Pumpkin Soup, you will have them in 3cm / 1.2″ chunks.

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