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Butternut squash

butternut squash / butternut

Flavor and role: A peanut-shaped winter squash with sweet, tender orange flesh. When cooked it turns smooth like butter.
Typical dishes and uses: Potjiekos, butternut soup, roasted vegetables, risotto
Substitutes: Use the same weight of kabocha squash or sweet potato.
Storage: Whole in a cool place for 1–3 months. Cut pieces wrapped in cling film 4–5 days in the fridge; diced and frozen, 6 months.
Main countries: United States · South Africa · Australia
Used in this book: Potjiekos Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Chilean Cazuela Kafteji Locro Seven-Vegetable Couscous Picarones Porotos Granados Aussie Roast Lamb Samlor Korko Chilean Sopaipillas with Pebre Roasted Butternut Velouté with Sage Brown Butter and Toasted Seeds Ras el Hanout Butternut Squash Soup with Harissa Yogurt and Crispy Chickpeas (Moroccan × American)Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Crispy Sage Crumbs Osso Buco Cazuela de Vacuno Thai Red Curry Cazuela with Coconut, Pumpkin and Corn Cazuela Chicken Pot Pie with Puff-Pastry Lid Thai-Style Coconut Chicken and Squash Curry Kafteji with Kefta and Homemade Tabil Harissa-Gochujang Kafteji Bibimbap (Tunisian × Korean)Kafteji Egg Muffins with Harissa Yogurt Locro Patrio with Osso Buco and Smoked Bacon Locro Pot Pies with a Puff-Pastry Lid Oven-Braised Lamb Mafé Hand-Cut Lamb and Squash Manti with Chilli Brown Butter Lamb Seven-Vegetable Couscous with Tfaya Thai Red Curry Coconut Couscous Roasted Vegetable Couscous Bowl with Whipped Feta Warm Mujaddara Salad Bowl with Roasted Squash, Feta and Pomegranate Dressing Pisco Picarones with Fig-Leaf Chancaca Syrup Picarón Pancake Stack with Chancaca Butter Syrup Porotos Granados with Pilco and Merkén Oil Porotos Granados Doenjang Stew (Chilean × Korean)Smashed Porotos Granados Toast Red Wine Beef Shin Potjie with Gremolata Gochujang Pork Potjie Potjie Pot Pie Roasted Butternut Brown-Butter Pumpkin Pie Roast Lamb, Pumpkin and Feta Café Bowl Samlor Korko with Slow-Simmered Pork Ribs and Smoked Fish Kroeung Miso Pork Hot Pot (Cambodian × Japanese)Kroeung Pork and Roasted Pumpkin Rice Bowl with Toasted Rice Crunch Sopaipillas Pasadas in Spiced Chancaca Syrup Sopaipilla Montanara (Chilean × Neapolitan)Sopaipilla Churro Bites with Dulce de Leche Dip

Updated 2026-10-10