Turkish Turban Squash Bread Food

TURKISH TURBAN SQUASH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place turban squash halves cut-side in a baking dish. Pour a small amount of water into the bottom of the dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until very soft, about 1 hour. Pour out any moisture that accumulated in the cavity of the squash. Let cool until easily handled, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Scoop squash flesh into a large bowl. Mash until smooth. Transfer to gallon-sized freezer bags and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Combine 4 cups mashed squash, eggs, white sugar, dark brown sugar, applesauce, oil, vanilla extract, and ginger in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended, about 3 minutes.
• Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves together in a separate bowl. Stir into the squash mixture with a wooden spoon until just blended. Fold dried cranberries into the batter.
• Divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

TURKISH BUTTERNUT SQUASH (KABAK TATLISI)

Steps:

• Peel and cut butternut squash into 1-inch-thick rounds or the size of a hockey puck.
• Mix together in a bowl the sugar, cinnamon, black pepper, lemon zest and salt. Mix with the butternut squash. Cover with plastic wrap placed in the refrigerator overnight.
• Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F.
• Take the plastic wrap off the squash and cover with foil. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven, flip the butternut squash, place the foil back on and cook for another 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let sit on the counter in its juices to get to room temperature. Once at room temperature, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
• Whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form and add half of the tahini to the whipped cream. Reserve the other 2 tablespoons tahini to drizzle on top for garnish. Put the cooked butternut squash on a large platter and ladle over some of the cooking juices. Top with a few large dollops of whipped cream and garnish with drizzled tahini and the crushed pistachio nuts.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED TURBAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly grease foil.
• Cut the top off the squash using a serrated knife and scoop out seeds. Lightly salt the inside of squash. Place squash, cut-side down, onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 1 hour.
• Cook and stir sausage, celery, mushrooms, and onion in a skillet over medium heat until sausage is browned and vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes; drain excess grease.
• Combine sour cream, Parmesan cheese, egg, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Stir sausage mixture into sour cream mixture.
• Scoop the meat from the inside of squash, being careful not to tear the skin. Mash squash meat in a bowl.
• Spoon some of the sausage mixture into the hollowed squash, making a ring. Spoon a ring of mashed squash over sausage mixture. Continue layering until all the sausage mixture and mashed squash are used.
• Bake in the oven until heated through, 20 to 25 minutes.

TURBAN SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• emove the flesh from the squash. If you cut-off the top of the squash and then manually remove the seeds, it should then be easy to use a knife to remove most of the flesh from the squash.
• Melt the cooking fat in a saucepan placed over a medium heat. Add the leek, carrots, sweet potato, and the flesh of the squash, and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock, cover, and let simmer until the vegetables are soft (about 30 min).
• Transfer the vegetables and broth to a blender or food processor and purée.
• Return to the pot and turn the heat down to low. Stir in the coconut milk and season to taste.
• Serve with fresh dill to garnish.

STUFFED TURBAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut the top off the turban squash, as you would for a jack-o-lantern type pumpkin.
• Scoop out seeds and pulp and discard.
• Place turban squash, cut sides down, on an oiled or foil covered baking sheet, and cover with more foil.
• Roast for 50-60 minutes or until tender.
• Scoop out tender pulp from cavity of squash.
• In a saucepan, saute onions, celery, sausage and diced carrot in butter until vegetables are tender.
• Drain any fat.
• Mix in brown sugar, bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and cooked squash.
• Stir until well-mixed.
• Spoon filling lightly into the cavity of the turban squash, and cover with the top.
• Place extra filling (if any) into a separate dish.
• Bake squash and any extra filling for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
• Serve hot.