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Baby Harvest Squash Crème Brûlée

November 24, 2013 by Valerie Lugonja 13 Comments

A harvest gourd ladled with Squash Crème Brûlée: rustic sophistication

Squash Crème Brûlée

Happy Thanksgiving my American friends. Squash. Upside down on a sheet pan for 45 minutes in a medium oven and and a knobby earthen bowl filled with sticky stringy caramelized candy emerges. When Aube posted a Roasted Squash Crème Brûlée for the harvest challenge of The Canadian Food Experience Project, I already had the squash. I should have bought more.

http://www.pbs.org/food/kitchen-vignettes/thanksgiving-roasted-squash-creme-brulee/

Crème Brûlée is very easy to make and a favourite family dessert. It seems that this is the year for adding squash and sweet potatoes to everything: biscuits, bread, cookies, ice cream, and Crème Brûlée. If it wasn’t served in its shell, it may not have caught my eye. Yet, it is a delicious pumpkin-like concoction on its own. More like pumpkin pie than Crème Brûlée, yet still unusual enough. Especially in Mother Nature’s vessel.

http://www.pbs.org/food/kitchen-vignettes/thanksgiving-roasted-squash-creme-brulee/

I had enough filling for six servings this size. The puff-belly sunk as it cooled. Maybe a squash themed meal is in order? Soup or a main and dessert each served in half a gourd. I recall having dinner in a pumpkin for my girls when they were little on Hallowe’en.

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Hubbard, Green Acorn and Gold Acorn squash, left to right, below.

Squash Crème Brûlée

The tasting was revealing. The Hubbard squash had considerably less flesh than the other two and the dark orange colour had me convinced the flavour would be considerably more “squashy”. The differences were subtle between these three, but the green acorn was slightly meatier with an earthier, brighter, and more complex flavour. The yellow acorn was a lighter in flavour and a little more watery. The Hubbard was tasty, but somewhat dull compared to the Green Acorn.

Squash Crème Brûlée

However, it is so pretty. The seeds were delicious, as well. Scraped them our, separated from the pulp, salted while still wet and let them dry. Once dry, simply toasted in a dry frying pan until they started to pop. About 1/4 cup of seeds from each: just enough for an evening snack.

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I chose to heat the milk in a pot on the stove to infuse the spice mixture. The rest was done in my Thermomix, though instructions are provided for both.

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Duck eggs make a lofty Crème Brûlée, but I didn’t have any on hand; however, I always have beautiful eggs from my favourite organic free range farmer at the market. The squash left over from the tasting was mixed in to the diffused milk.

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Lots of stringy little bits of texture in that mixture., but the squash cooled the milk considerably and were added to the eggs and sugar whipped in the Thermomix.

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I often use my canning funnel over the hole in the lid of my Thermomix for pouring liquid ingredients into the bowl. Works well.

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I thought that I could liquify the texture of the squash so that it would not need to go through a sieve, and if I had puréed the squash before adding it to the milk mixture, I could have solved this problem.

Squash Crème Brûlée

Bottoms of each half need to have a sliver sliced off so that each sits level. Pour water in to check this. It may appear level, but you need to be sure.

Squash Crème Brûlée

Into the sieve and a jar to chill until ready to bake.

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Fourty-five minutes later…. and a wee bit over baked, little puff belly squash halves emerged. I had tasted the Crème Brûlée mixture, and it was not sweet. I might consider serving this as a vegetable side some time, sans the sugar. They are so adorable just as they are.

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Don’t buy one of those little kitchen blow torches. Buy a real-woman blow torch. A big one. That is the only kind that will actually accomplish what you need to with one in the kitchen. Seriously.

Squash Crème Brûlée

They are dangerous. So much so that I won’t use it unless Vanja is nearby, and he wouldn’t leave the area knowing it was in my hand, anyway. Plus, he starts my real-woman torch. And turns it off.

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You know by now that the smallest things bring me joy. Bliss. Knock on squash. I could. I did. The sugar may look wet, but it is sheer melted stained golden glass glory. Knock-knock. This is going to shatter perfectly at first rap.

Squash Crème Brûlée

It did. The interior of the Squash Crème Brûlée was more dense than an eggy Crème Brûlée, as one might expect. Yet, light in its own right. The lush fluent velvet consistency was a sumptuous symphony of pleasure. The shards of sugar glass crunched sweet glory at intervals choruses of “hallelujah”. It was pretty good.

Squash Crème Brûlée

The flesh of the gourd gave way to the spoon. The transition from the Crème Brûlée to the meaty sweet vegetable was subtle. This Squash Crème Brûlée finished with me scraping the bowl.

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Squash Crème Brûlée is home food. Sophisticated. Rustic. It was the perfect little indulgence that spelled satisfaction today after our Sunday Supper.

Squash Crème Brûlée
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Baby Harvest Squash Crème Brûlée



Baby Harvest Squash Crème Brûlée is a novel and rustic home-for-the-holidays celebration in a hollowed out squash half that will wow your family and guests. This recipe is from Aube at Kitchen Vignettes.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Canadian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8 -10
Author Valerie Lugonja

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup roasted squash purée
  • 4 to 5 baby squashes , each about 4 inches in diameter and round in shape
  • 3 tbsp extra fine berry sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Cut squash in half; scoop out seeds with a little flesh to form a bowl
  3. Cut a thin slice off bottom round to stabilize the bowl (no wobbling)
  4. Place squash halves on a large baking sheet
  5. Beat egg yolks with 1/3 cup sugar until pale yellow and sugar has dissolved
  6. Combine cream with spices in pan on medium heat; bring to an "almost"boil: take off heat just before bubbling
  7. Whisk in vanilla and squash purée
  8. Whisk in egg yolk mixture until smooth
  9. Sieve into prepared squash halves
  10. Bake at 350F 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set and jiggles
  11. Cool completely
  12. Sprinkle sugar on top of each custard (a teaspoon or 2 to completely cover)
  13. Move blow torch flame around just above surface until sugar caramelizes or place crème brûlée under your broiler set to high heat
  14. Watch closely as they will caramelize very quickly
  15. Serve immediately

Instructions for the Thermomix:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Cut squash in half; scoop out seeds with a little flesh to form a bowl
  3. Cut a thin slice off bottom round to stabilize the bowl (no wobbling)
  4. Place squash halves on a large baking sheet
  5. Place egg yolks and sugar into the TM bowl; whip for 5 minutes on speed 4 until pale yellow and sugar has dissolved
  6. Combine cream with spices in pan on medium heat; bring to an "almost"boil: take off heat just before bubbling
  7. Whisk in vanilla and squash purée to cool cream
  8. Set Thermomix for 2 minutes at speed 4; add cream and squash mixture to egg mixture through the hole in the lid
  9. Sieve into prepared squash halves and extra bowls, if necessary
  10. Bake at 350F 30 to 45 minutes, or until custard is set and jiggles
  11. Cool completely
  12. Sprinkle sugar on top of each custard (a teaspoon or 2 to completely cover)
  13. Move blow torch flame around just above surface until sugar caramelizes or place crème brûlée under your broiler set to high heat
  14. Watch closely as they will caramelize very quickly
  15. Serve immediately

Recipe Notes

As you will have 5 egg whites after making this recipe, plan to make a pavlova or a dessert with meringue. I usually do a 4 egg white pavlova, and this time, I will throw in an extra egg white.
I also had other dishes available as this is large recipe.

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Comments

  1. Joanne T Ferguson says

    November 24, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    G’day Valerie!
    Love things, recipes and people who are unique like you!
    What an unusual thing to do, that is quirky, but intrigues me too!
    Cheers! Joanne

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 25, 2013 at 2:42 pm

      Yes, I like quirky…
      🙂
      V

      Reply
  2. Marilyn says

    November 25, 2013 at 6:48 am

    Neat idea, I have seen the same done with a whole pumpkin in a European blog and then slicing it to serve..

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 25, 2013 at 2:44 pm

      Really? That is a cool idea… it would be savoury, then? I don’t believe this would slice, but it would if there was a cake inside of it… what a great idea – or a bread pudding! Or one of those puddings that makes its own sauce… but then it wouldn’t slice, but the squash would be “sauced”.
      🙂
      V

      Reply
  3. Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says

    November 25, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    Clever idea. I imagine it would not be too sweet either!

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 25, 2013 at 2:44 pm

      Mallory
      It was not sweet until the sugar was added to the top which provided just the balance needed to make it a dessert.
      🙂
      V

      Reply
  4. The Sketched Chef says

    November 25, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    5 stars
    One of the most creative recipes I’ve ever seen!
    Thank you for sharing this. It gave me a lot of inspiration!

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 25, 2013 at 4:08 pm

      Good to know and happy about that!
      🙂
      V

      Reply
  5. Joan Nova says

    November 25, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    5 stars
    Wow – that looks wonderful!!

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 26, 2013 at 9:17 am

      Thanks, Joan!
      It was fun. Unexpected recipes like this make me happy.
      🙂
      V

      Reply
  6. Abby says

    November 26, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    Looks very delicious and healthy. I really want to try this. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Valerie Lugonja says

      November 26, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      Can’t wait to hear about how it works for you, Abby.
      🙂
      V

      Reply

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