How I cut butternut

Here’s a speedy small tutorial for however I chopped butternut pumpkin / butternut squash. I primitively had this included successful the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe I besides published contiguous but decided to station it separately due to the fact that it volition beryllium utile for different recipes!

How I chopped butternut pumpkin

Butternut pumpkin is called butternut squash successful the US, UK and beauteous overmuch the remainder of the satellite different than successful Australia and NZ! It’s portion of the squash household and tastes beauteous overmuch similar pumpkin, though usually it is simply a small sweeter.

It’s got softer tegument that pumpkin truthful it’s easier to cut. Here is however I chopped butternut pumpkin:

1. Peel off the tegument utilizing a murphy peeler. The tegument is softer than pumpkin truthful it’s easier.

2. Cut successful half utilizing a crisp knife. Just consecutive done the middle, lying down. Use the value of your assemblage pressing down connected the weapon and/or stone the weapon backmost and forth.

3. Stand upright, past chopped successful fractional again.

4. Halves – Post cutting!

5. Scoop out the seeds utilizing a spoon.

6. Cut the cheeks off the broadside with the stem (too hard to chopped done the stem).

7. Then trim each the butternut astir the remainder of the stem.

8. Cut – And finally, chopped the butternut into the size you want! For the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe, you privation them successful 3cm / 1.2″ chunks.

Recipes utilizing butternut pumpkin / squash

I usage butternut pumpkin / squash for immoderate look I marque utilizing pumpkin. It’s a nonstop substitute – aforesaid cooking time, methods, quantity etc.

Here are immoderate of my favourite recipes to effort utilizing butternut pumpkin!

Roast Pumpkin, Spinach and Feta Salad

Pumpkin Soup

Roasted Pumpkin with Maple, Chili and Feta

Easy Pumpkin Gnocchi with Sage Butter Sauce

Creamy Baked Pumpkin Risotto

Vegetarian Lasagna

Easy Coconut Curry Sauce

Roasted Pumpkin with Yogurt Sauce and Pine Nuts

Hope you recovered this useful! – Nagi x

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How to chopped butternut pumpkin (butternut squash)

Tutorial video above. This is however I chopped butternut squash – called butternut pumpkin present successful Australia and NZ. Use butternut arsenic a nonstop substitute successful immoderate look calling for pumpkin. Same navigator times, navigator methods and quantities!

Use to marque classical Pumpkin Soup, Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup, roast it, marque a salad, a coconut curry oregon marque pumpkin risotto!

Keyword how to chopped butternut squash

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 1 butternut pumpkin / squash

Author Nagi

Ingredients

• 1 whole butternut pumpkin / butternut squash (same thing)

Instructions

• Peel off the tegument utilizing a murphy peeler. The tegument is softer than pumpkin truthful it's easier.
• Cut successful half using a crisp knife. Just consecutive done the middle, lying down. Use the value of your assemblage pressing down connected the weapon and/or stone the weapon backmost and forth.
• Stand upright, then chopped successful fractional again.
• Scoop out the seeds utilizing a spoon.
• Cut the cheeks off the broadside with the stem (too hard to chopped done the stem). Then trim each the butternut soma from astir the hard stem.
• Cut – And finally, chopped the butternut into the size you want! For Pumpkin Soup, you volition privation them successful 3cm / 1.2" chunks.

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