Pattypan Squash With Pastitsio Topping Food

MOM'S STUFFED PATTYPAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place pattipans in boiling water and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Make white sauce with butter, flour, salt and milk. (On medium heat, melt butter, stir in flour and brown slightly, add salt, then add milk a little at a time, stirring constantly. (I usually use a about a third more milk than written above.) Once all milk is added, continue to cook and stir for a minute or two.
• Turn off heat, add cheese and crushed saltines to white sauce and stir.
• Scoop out the middle of each pattipan to make little "bowls". (I use my grapefruit knife.) Turn the pattipans over on a plate (so the juices drain out) and set aside.
• Add scooped out portion of squash to sauce and mash with a potato masher. Taste sauce and adjust seasonings as needed.
• Fill squash with the sauce, pouring the excess over the top.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, or until done.
• Note: If using table salt, use only a pinch rather than 1/8 t.

SAUTEED PATTY PAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat until foaming, 1 to 2 minutes. Saute onion in the olive oil-butter until tender and translucent, about 3 minutes. Add squash and garlic; season with lemon pepper. Saute mixture until squash is easily pierced with a fork, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Mix spinach, parsley, and basil into squash mixture; saute until spinach wilts, about 1 minute. Squeeze lemon juice over mixture and sprinkle in Parmesan cheese; stir well. Season mixture with salt and black pepper.

PATTYPAN SQUASH WITH PASTITSIO TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• PATTYPAN:.
• Bring pattypan to a boil and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• BECHAMEL:.
• Heat butter over medium heat, stir in flour until smooth and just slightly browned.
• Add milk a little at a time, stirring to incorporate each addition, then add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Remove from heat.
• In a small bowl, temper the beaten egg by adding a spoonful of bechamel and stirring, repeating 3-4 times. Then add the egg mixture to the bechamel and stir.
• PUT TOGETHER:.
• Using a grapefruit knife, cut the top of the pattypan's off leaving a nice "bowl" to fill.
• Remove the stems from the pattypan tops you just cut off, then add the tops to the bechamel sauce and use a potato masher to incorporate.
• Arrange pattypan's in a 9x9 casserole dish and fill with the bechamel mixture, bake for about 30 minutes or until done.

OVERSTUFFED PATTYPAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Put a half sheet pan in the oven to heat for 15 minutes.
• Trim the woody ends and halve the squash crosswise. Scoop out the squash seeds, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. Reserve the flesh. Brush the cut sides of the squash with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, and season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Arrange the squash, cut side down, onto the preheated pan and roast until the squash is tender and the flesh side is browned, about 15 minutes. Transfer the squash to a serving platter and set aside.
• Meanwhile, finely chop the reserved squash flesh. Heat a 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium heat and add the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. When the oil shimmers add the chopped squash, shallot, garlic, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the corn, limas, pecans, and thyme. Cook until heated through, approximately 1 minute. Divide the stuffing evenly among the cooked squash and serve immediately.

SAUTEED PATTYPAN SQUASH

Steps:

• In skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add squash and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook, stirring, until squash is tender and golden brown, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in garlic, basil and marjoram and cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.

SCALLOP, STARSHIP, PATISSON OR PATTYPAN SQUASH WITH GARDEN HERBS

Steps:

• Open the squashes with a knife discard the seeds and take out some pulp without damaging the fruit.
• Heat the oil and sauté the onions and the garlic until golden.
• Add the leek until tender.
• Add the meet until slightly roasted.
• Put the pulp of the squash into the mixture and add the wine.
• Simmer for 5 minutes and add all the herbs, the spices and the salt.
• Take from the heat away and let cool down a little bit.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• Fill the squashes and cook for another30-40 minutes at the temperature of 200°C (heat and timing are basing it on convection oven).

GARLIC-HERB PATTYPAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Place squash in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Mix oil, garlic, salt, oregano, thyme and pepper; drizzle over squash. Toss to coat. Roast 15-20 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.

STUFFED PATTYPAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Trim the stem end from each squash so it will sit upright. With a melon baller, remove the brown portion of the blossom end and discard. Continue to hollow out the seed cavity, retaining the trimmings, until you have a shallow bowl 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick on all sides. As the squash are prepared, place them in a lightly oiled baking pan.
• Melt the butter in a skillet, add the celery and scallions and saute five minutes, add the squash pieces and continue cooking until they are tender.
• Transfer the cooked vegetables to a bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Mix well.
• Stuff each squash with about 1/4 of the stuffing mixture. (Any remaining stuffing can be placed in a ramekin and baked alongside the squash.).
• Bake until the squash is tender and the stuffing is golden brown on top, about 30 minutes.