Technique help: peeling a butternut squash

[CommanderJameson]

With bonus recipe!

I simply adore butternut squash, fried in a super-hot pan with red peppers, then into the oven to go all crispy on the outside and all sweet and luscious on the inside.

Top with a dressing of toasted sesame seeds and pine nuts, mingled with soy sauce and and freshly squeezed orange juice.

OK. That's your bonus.

Now, how do I peel the bd thing without devolving into a sweaty, sweary, angst-ridden mess?

[Plotloss]

I always cook skin in situ and remove on plate.

Unless entertaining, then the very sharp knives come out to play and I put up with a fairly large element of flesh loss.

Thats squash flesh rather than my flesh.

[WhoreLex]

wow that sounds good, no idea how to do it though

maybe same method as peeling tomatoes?

[CommanderJameson]

weLex said:

wow that sounds good, no idea how to do it though

maybe same method as peeling tomatoes?

Hmm. Might work. A squash's skin is very tough and resistant to normal peeling methods.

Edit: bks to all that. Here's a pleasant-looking young lady showing how it's done.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Thursday 26th June 19:55

[WhoreLex]

that seems easy

[Zeek]

I eat it once it has been roasted...Chilli flakes, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar....

[Wadeski]

cut in half, stuff hole with unpeeled garlic, chilli flakes, a knob of butter and woody herbs, and, lay a strip of fatty bacon over the top and bake

[mechsympathy]

CommanderJameson said:

Edit: bks to all that. Here's a pleasant-looking young lady showing how it's done.

I keep it whole to peel as it's much more stable. Cut off the bottom to make it flat and then run a sharp knife down the side, peeling a half inch strip at a time. Then deal with the seeds as normal.

Generally though I leave the skin on and roast the chopped squash with olive oil and crushed coriander seeds

[juice]

Cut into quarters.
Spoon out seeds
Run knife down the skin.

Don;t worry about laving every last bit of flesh on - just buy a bigger squash !