How to Make Appetizing Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin

Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin. Halloween Kabocha Squash Au Gratin Perfect for Halloween parties. The key is to mix in the sliced cheese! Saute the onion and bacon with olive oil.

Great recipe for Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin. I wanted a dish that would be fun for a Halloween party. [When baking the gratin] Remove the lid, and fill the leftover gratin to the top. Kabocha squash looks like a small pumpkin with dark green skin (scroll down for a picture). You can have Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin

1. It's 1 of Kabocha squash.
2. Prepare 1 of A Halloween Forest (refer to Step 3).
3. Prepare of Kabocha Gratin.
4. Prepare 25 small of Shrimp.
5. It's 1 of Chicken meat.
6. Prepare 1 of Onion.
7. You need 1 can of White mushrooms.
8. You need 1 of Consomme soup stock cube.
9. Prepare 40 of to 50 grams Butter.
10. It's 40 of to 50 grams White flour.
11. Prepare 500 of to 600 ml Milk.
12. Prepare 100 grams of Macaroni (optional).
13. Prepare 1 of Salt and pepper.

It's sweet with a slightly nutty taste and its texture is like a cross between a sweet potato and a pumpkin. I have to admit I had never even attempted to cook or bake with it before (it was a little too intimidating for me!) but it found its way into my CSA basket and I had to. Great recipe for Halloween Kabocha Squash Au Gratin. The key is to mix in the sliced cheese!

Halloween Kabocha Squash Gratin instructions

1. Heat the kabocha in the microwave until it's tender enough to carve with a knife (I microwaved it for 10 minutes, flipped it over and microwaved for another 10 minutes. Depending on the size, 6 minutes each side may be enough)..
2. Cut the top part off and scoop out the inside with a spoon..
3. [To make the Halloween forest] Place the lid upside down and put into the hollowed kabocha. Make a mountain out of mashed potatoes, and stick in stalks of parsley and rosemary..
4. Sculpt a pumpkin out of the scooped-out kabocha flesh. Cut out a carrot hat and lay it on top of a boiled egg jack-o'-lantern. Make a house out of daikon radish and nori seaweed. Construct a gravestone out of konnyaku and cheese. Spread a pavement of nuts and seeds..
5. [To make the kabocha gratin] Microwave the scooped-out flesh from Step 2..
6. Melt butter in a pot, sauté the shrimp and chicken cut into desired sizes, add the thinly sliced onions, then the mushrooms..
7. Once the onions are tender, remove the pot from heat, add flour, then mix thoroughly with a spatula..
8. Mix in milk a little at a time, stirring in as you go, then add a consomme cube..
9. Return the pot to heat and simmer until you reach your desired thickness while stirring with a spatula. Season with salt and pepper to taste..
10. Add the kabocha from Step 5 and the gratin is finished. You can also add cooked macaroni at this stage..
11. Pour the gratin into the kabocha shell from Step 2, after it has cooled down. (If it's too full, the lid will not close, so add more when you bake it in the oven.).

Recipe by Mi Great recipe for Whole Kabocha Squash Gratin. I wanted to make a menu which feels like Halloween and made this recipe. I am thinking of making it again this year too. If there is lots of water coming out of the kabocha after microwaving, I think it will be better to place an. My family told me that they wanted to eat a kabocha squash gratin, but it takes so much time to cook the white sauce. so I came up with this easy and healthy recipe..