Ingredients

How to make it

  • First off, cut the Butternut Squash in half and remove the seeds and pith. Remove the tough skin with a peeler until you're left with nothing but lovely orange flesh.
  • Dice this up into 1 Inch/2.5cm cubes (or as close as you can get) - it doesn't matter too much if they're too small, just avoid monster sized chunks as these won't soften as well when boiled. Follow suit with the Sweet Potato - peel and dice into similar dimensions.
  • Place both the squash and sweet potato into a large saucepan and cover with water.
  • Lightly salt the water, bring to the boil and then simmer for 15 minutes or so until the cubes are nice and soft (the usual test of seeing if a table knife will slide easily into a cube did the trick for me).
  • Once the cubes are ready, drain off the water.
  • Add a splash of milk (not too much - you can always add more later) and begin to mash with a standard potato masher.
  • Once the mashing is getting well under way, add the rest of the ingredients. I tend to split the butter up to ensure a good spread through out the mash. The spices are to taste really - I start off with roughly teaspoon's worth of nutmeg and cinnamon and then incrementally add the chilli powder until it hits that ideal "hot spot". Experiment and have fun!
  • Simply season with salt and pepper, again to taste.
  • Enjoy! :)

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  • NPMarie 10 years ago Was this review helpful? Yes Flag
    " It was excellent "
    otterpond ate it and said...
    I added the picture of the batch I just mixed up. The instructions mention a few ingredients that aren't specifically mentioned: milk, butter.

    I used about 4tbsp of evaporated milk and 1 tbsp of butter. The 1 tsp each of the spices worked just fine.

    This is really a very tasty dish and I'm looking forward to having it for dinner this evening. That said, I actually made it because I'm off to mix up a batch of the bread you made from it.

    Thanks so much :)
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  • mkm114 16 years ago
    This is a MUST try for me!! Sounds delicious!!
    Thanks for the post!!
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