[alt.gourmand] RECIPE: Christmas squash casserole

russak@pegasus.ATT.COM (Jan Russak) (11/15/87)

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE BUTTERNUT-SQSH C "19 Oct 87" 1987
.RZ "BUTTERNUT SQUASH CASSEROLE" "Butternut squash and carrot casserole"
A delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas casserole.  My mother makes
this at the holidays.  I don't know where she originally got the
recipe.
.IH "Serves 10"
.IG "2\(12\-5 lbs" "butternut squash" "1\-2 kg"
.IG "1\-2" "carrots"
(depending on quantity of squash)
.IG "1 cup" "rolled oats" "80 g"
(uncooked oatmeal)
.IG "12 oz" "green peas" "400 g"
.IG "1 Tbsp" "butter" "15 ml"
.IG "2 " "eggs,"
beaten frothy
.IG "pinch" "salt"
.IG "3\-5 Tbsp" "cinnamon sugar" "50\-75 g"
.IG "\(12 tsp" "vanilla" "2.5 ml"
.PH
.SK 1
Boil squash and carrot together until the carrot is tender.
Allow both to cool.  Slide skin off carrot. Being careful with squash,
remove its seeds and peel.  Blend carrots and squash together.
Don't overblend: preserve some texture.
.SK 2
Add cinnamon sugar and salt to taste. 
.SK 3
Add frothy eggs to carrot/squash mixture.
Grease 
.AB "an 8-inch" "a 20-cm"
loaf pan.  Coat the grease with oatmeal.  Mix
.AB "\(12 cup" "40 g"
oatmeal into casserole.
Gently fold in green peas, then put mixture in casserole pan.
Sprinkle remaining oatmeal on top and dot with butter.
.SK 4
Bake at
.TE 350 175
30 to 40 minutes until brown on top.
Once cooked, it can be served immediately or frozen for later
consumption.
.NX
Cinnamon sugar is a mixture of sugar and powdered cinnamon. Commercial
cinnamon sugar mixtures are mostly sugar.
My mom prepares her own mixture with the
emphasis decidedly on the cinnamon.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
40 minutes preparation, 40 minutes cooking.
.I Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Jan Russak
AT&T Information Systems, Lincroft, New Jersey, USA
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