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2:28 pm
November 11, 2010
OfflineThose of you that experiment a lot, have you ever tried making ketchup with something besides tomatoes? I pureed some roasted butternut squash with my KA food strainer and it is a nice smooth puree. I use it as a side dish, in quick breads and soups. It's one of the few vegetables readily available here and it's cheap. I stirred a bit of it into taco soup the other night instead of tomato paste to use up the leftover and thicken the soup. Worked great. No one noticed the taste.
So tonight, while I was having it the puree as a side with my meatloaf, I wondered if it could be used to make a ketchup? Now I'm even thinking BBQ sauce.
Anyone ever try something like this? What do you think?
4:49 pm
October 15, 2011
OfflineWell ,I googled that idea, and guess what? somebody has indeed made a ketchup that included butternut squash.
Here is the ingredient list from their label :
Ingredients: Organic tomato puree (organic tomato paste, water, salt), organic agave* nectar, organic butternut squash puree, organic carrot puree, organic sweet potato puree, organic spices, and citric acid.
Now of course its not the firsts ingredient listed, but its along the same lines and a start of some experimenting perhaps. ![]()
No, I have never attempted it myself. I am thinking with the stronger flavors of BBQ seasonings, it should likely work too.
6:16 pm
February 22, 2010
Offline8:09 pm
March 22, 2010
OfflineSounds good to me. It seems like it would make a thicker, less watery ketchup, which I prefer. But I love pureed butternut squash (I've been know to eat a bowl of it for lunch) so I'm not apt to have enough left around to try it. I have added squash puree to chili to thicken it and that worked well. Oh, and I've also added it to beef stew.
Another idea is to make squash butter. No, I haven't tried it, but I make spiced pumpkin butter and it's lovely. And easy. Squash puree should work just as well, I would think. You use it like you would apple butter. Most people eat it on toast or pancakes or oatmeal, but I like it on cottage cheese.
Have you made squash fries? You can make them in the oven the same way you do baked sweet potato fries: just cut the squash into french fry shaped strips, toss it with oil and your choice of seasonings, and bake in a single layer on a baking sheet. One recipe I've seen, but won't try until the weather cools down, is to season them with curry and cinnamon and serve them with chutney as a dipping sauce. Oooh, I'm making myself hungry.
I also like quinoa mixed with diced butternut, zucchini, and onions (but I confess I buy the butternut pre-diced).
Just some random ideas for using extra butternut.
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