Thanks to my girlfriend, I had the experience to encounter the butternut squash. There is this delicious butternut soup she makes with it and since for Easter my family was coming over and they never ate it before I wanted to do something with it. I was not going to make the soup due to some food allergies some family members have. I started wondering what I would do with it and came up with the idea of making a mash.
Ingredients:
- 1 butternut
- potatoes for 6
- Cream
- Italian hard cheese
- Bread crumbs
- Flat leaf parsley
First you start with making dices of butternut. I used my microwave to steam them tender, which takes in mine something like 8 minutes. The idea is basically they must be tender enough to mash it down. While the potatoes are being cooked I already mashed the butternut. Once the potatoes are tender you add them bit by bit and mash it with the butternut.
To make sure I would not end up with just another yellow/orange mash I added finely chopped flat leaf parsley to it since the dark green contrasts nice with the mash. Depending on how the texture of the mash is you add some cream to have a smooth mash. Be careful not to add to much because you would end up with something you don't want.
Next, put it in an oven dish and put grated Italian hard cheese on it with some bread crumbs so it makes a light crust on top of it. Put it in the oven grill for a dozen of minutes so the cheese and bread crumbs can do their work.
I've served this with some nice chicken and we had a very nice Easter with the necessary Belgian chocolate easter eggs.
