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How I cut butternut pumpkin (squash) Recipe
Right here’s a fast little tutorial for the way I minimize butternut pumpkin / butternut squash. I initially had this included within the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe I additionally printed right now however determined to submit it individually as a result of it will likely be helpful for different recipes!
Butternut pumpkin is known as butternut squash within the US, UK and just about the remainder of the world aside from in Australia and NZ! It’s a part of the squash household and tastes just about like pumpkin, although normally 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 minimize 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. Lower in half utilizing a pointy knife. Simply straight by means of 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 minimize in half once more.
4. Halves – Publish reducing! 🙂
5. Scoop out the seeds utilizing a spoon.
6. Lower the cheeks off the facet with the stem (too laborious to chop by means of the stem).
7. Then trim all of the butternut round the remainder of the stem.
8. Lower – And at last, minimize the butternut into the dimensions you need! For the Thai Coconut Pumpkin Soup recipe, you need them in 3cm / 1.2″ chunks.
I exploit butternut pumpkin / squash for any recipe I make utilizing pumpkin. It’s a direct substitute – similar cooking time, strategies, amount and so on.
Listed here are a few of my favorite recipes to attempt utilizing butternut pumpkin!
Hope you discovered this handy!
Ingredients
- 1 whole butternut pumpkin / butternut squash (same thing)
Instructions
- Peel off the skin using a potato peeler. The skin is softer than pumpkin so it's easier.
- Cut in half using a sharp knife. Just straight through the middle, lying down. Use the weight of your body pressing down on the knife and/or rock the knife back and forth.
- Stand upright, then cut in half again.
- Scoop out the seeds using a spoon.
- Cut the cheeks off the side with the stem (too hard to cut through the stem). Then trim all the butternut flesh from around the hard stem.
- Cut – And finally, cut the butternut into the size you want! For Pumpkin Soup, you will want them in 3cm / 1.2" chunks.
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