Baked Squash
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Cut the squash into pieces and scrape out the insides.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 1 to 1.5 hours, depending on thickness.
Serve with salt and butter.
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
- Squash
- Its flesh softens and turns sweet and tender as it bakes, becoming the main body of the dish.
- Butter
- Adds fat and richness that carries flavor and coats the cooked squash.
The step that matters
Baking until fully tender. Thick pieces need the full baking time so the starch in the flesh softens and the sugars concentrate. Pulling them early leaves the center firm and less sweet, so check that a knife slides through easily before serving.
“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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