Patty Pan Squash

[VirginVegGrower]

OK everyone - newbie to this type of squash and in anticipation of a good harvest (none as yet) I am looking for cooking ideas please. Do you scoop out, roast, boil, stew...etc?
Any special growing tips too please? Lots of flowers/flower bits but no sign of fruits yet.

[singleseeder]

Oooh, I'll be watching for answers too. I gave in and bought cheapie seeds from Lidl. One plant is showing signs of fruit - golf ball size and four I sowed later to cover the ground are just taking off.

[Jelliebabe]

Oooooh I'm growing these too! Never eaten one either! I have a coupla teeny fruit on mine too! So I hope to learn some tips too! YAY!

[Kiwi_Soph]

I have eaten them before but never grown - have a couple on the go this year though.


I usually eat them like a courgette, cooking them with the skin on -

they are lovely sliced and fried with garlic,

lovely quartered and roasted with other mixed veg

and lovely as part of a vegetable kebab type thing - quarter them, marinate with other chunky-cut veg in a a favourite marinade (I like white wine, lime juice, chilli sauce, brown sugar, olive oil and a dash of soy sauce) then thread them onto a kebab skewer with the other vegetables (say a chunk of red onion, a cherry tomato, a chunk of the squash, maybe some aubergine; haloumi etc, repeat until the stick is full). Then grill or barbeque until everything is turning golden. Delicious late summer food!

[VirginVegGrower]

Sounds nice apart for the aubergine...urgh! Will replace that with chicken. Thank you - was at a bit of a loss to know what to do with them. Are they sweet fleshed?

[dave_norm_smith]

Lovely flesh. I sliced in half, remove seeds add a dollop of butter, chopped garlic plus salt and pepper. Roast. Eat the lot as well as skin. Makes a good filling for ravioli as well if mixed with cheese after the roasting part.

[ukfapower]

I've grown them for the first time this year too. Two "white" moonbeam plants which have been quite green and two yellow sunbeam plants as well. I've had a few develop. I read to pick them small so have been picking them at about the size of my first (which is quite small!) or even smaller.
I had some stuffed last year at our local farm shop cafe (Church Farm, Ardeley) and they were fabulous. They'd let them grow quite large. Probably quite a fiddly recipe.
I've been using them like courgettes in curries and pasta sauces and I'd definitely say they are sweeter. Similar but nicer imo. I've been putting courgettes in as well so it's been a good chance to compare flavours.
Will have to try the veg kebab idea. Sounds great.

[VirginVegGrower]

Lovely flesh. I sliced in half, remove seeds add a dollop of butter, chopped garlic plus salt and pepper. Roast. Eat the lot as well as skin. Makes a good filling for ravioli as well if mixed with cheese after the roasting part.

STOP IT! I am now very hungry... ;-)

PS. Doncaster not so far away......hmmmm

[chris]

Two sheds posted a recipe for these last summer.. I believe fried innards with bits and bobs then roasted

[dave_norm_smith]

Hi VirginVG

I don't have any this year I'm afraid, I'm trying a bunch of other squash and pumpkins. I hope I can get a crown prince to come good after all the rave revues on here! The ravioli is wicked though, served with hot sage butter dressing/sauce. (How's those hunger pans going?? lol)

[VirginVegGrower]

Hi VirginVG

I don't have any this year I'm afraid, I'm trying a bunch of other squash and pumpkins. I hope I can get a crown prince to come good after all the rave revues on here! The ravioli is wicked though, served with hot sage butter dressing/sauce. (How's those hunger pans going?? lol)

STOP! I am drooling and the pounds are adding as I read. Sounds soooooooo good and more appetising than Chris's innards - no offence CM ;-)

[chris]

I've not had wind recently, VVG - you should be alright.

[Florence Fennel]

I've got these (squashes not wind Chris) for the first time this year, no sign of fruit yet, but there are flowers. Thanks for the recipes, hope I get a chance to sample!

[VirginVegGrower]

I've not had wind recently, VVG - you should be alright.

We in the Midlands always get our wind from Wales! :-)

[pottymarigold]

I am about to sow some of these but was wanting to grow a few in pots? What size pots would you recommend? Need width and depth. Am an absolute newby to growing my own veg and so any practical advice on the growing aspects would be great. Thanks.