Pattypan Squash With Pastitsio Topping Recipes

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.

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.

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.

OVEN-ROASTED PATTY PAN SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Cut squash into 1/2-inch wedges. Slice onion vertically into thin slices. Combine squash, onion, olive oil, coriander, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; toss to coat vegetables evenly in oil and seasonings. Spread out vegetables in an even layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender and slightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Combine melted butter, lemon juice, chives, and lemon zest in the same large bowl; toss cooked squash in butter mixture and serve hot.

PATTYPAN SQUASH WITH EGGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cut tops (stem ends) off squash and reserve. Scoop out and discard insides of squash, leaving a shell at least 1/4 inches thick.
• Brush squash and tops with about 1 tablespoons olive oil, set on a baking sheet, and bake until tender when pierced with a fork, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoons olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and 3/4 teaspoons salt.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds.
• Add thyme and cook, stirring, until combined.
• Set squash tops aside. Divide onion mixture evenly among the squash. Crack 1 egg into each squash, lifting out any white that doesn't fit. Sprinkle eggs with remaining salt.
• Bake until eggs are set, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately, with tops replaced or set to the side.