{"id":4158,"date":"2014-01-11T14:21:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T14:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/wp\/?p=4158"},"modified":"2024-06-13T19:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:16:31","slug":"pumpkins-squashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostlyfood.co.uk\/index.php\/pumpkins-squashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkins & Squashes by Janet MacDonald – review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cookcook I am an enthusiastic home cook and a periodic professional cook, but I hold my hands up and admit that I have avoided using pumpkins & squashes, my excuse being that when I was growing up we never saw such things apart from on Halloween, and even that wasn\u2019t a popular holiday\/event till I was well into my teens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Janet MacDonald has penned a volume that demystifies these vegetables and presents a hundred or so recipes that are simple and, for the most part, economic to prepare; that fact alone makes visiting the world of all things squashy worthwhile.<\/p>\n

The most common of squashes are courgettes and cucumbers, and they are the most tender and easiest to prepare. It seems that every summer provides a glut of these for every lucky veg garden tiller and every (even-luckier) allotment holder. We slice cucumber for salad. We fry courgettes with a little butter. We toss a fritter or two. And then we are faced with several months of repetitive tedium. This book has a host of alternatives including Cucumber, Mint & Cider Sorbet that works well as a refreshing between-course course or, if sweetened, as a light dessert. Smart and sophisticated and hardly any work at all if one owns an ice-cream maker; and it\u2019s possible to make a granita if one only has a freezer.<\/p>\n

Savoury Squash and Cheese Puffs are versatile, using any one of several varieties of these vegetables. These bites are delicious as nibbles with drinks or as a side dish in place of bread. This is a deliciously sneaky way of getting some vegetables into children.<\/p>\n

A rather stylish dish is that of Tiny Pumpkins Stuffed with Stilton Cheese. This is posh dinner-party fare and looks cheffy enough to impress even the in-laws. There is nothing too difficult to master in the recipe but the result is more than the sum of its tasty parts. A classy vegetarian main or memorable side dish.<\/p>\n

Pumpkins & Squashes \u2013 Over 100 Sweet & Savoury Seasonal Recipes is a must-have for any vegetable grower or for those of us who have always been curious about these overlooked newcomers.<\/p>\n

Pumpkins & Squashes \u2013 Over 100 Sweet & Savoury Seasonal Recipes
\nAuthor: Janet MacDonald
\nPublished by: Grub Street
\nPrice: \u00a312.99
\nISBN-10: 1908117168
\nISBN-13: 978-1908117168<\/p>\n

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Cookbook review by Chrissie Walker \u00a9 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

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