Summer Squash
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and cut the squash into small pieces.
Cook
Cook in boiling salted water or steam until tender.
Drain and serve
Remove to a piece of cheesecloth and squeeze until the squash is dry.
Mash the squash and season to taste.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Summer squash
- Forms the entire dish, providing its soft, mashable body and mild flavor.
The step that matters
Squeezing the squash dry. Summer squash holds a lot of water. Squeezing it in cheesecloth removes that excess moisture, so the mash is thick rather than watery and the seasoning is not diluted.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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