After returning from vacation, I found this giant white patty pan squash growing in my garden. I should have weighed or measured it. I didn't, but it was pretty big. It made about 8 cups of grated squash. I made my old summer squash bread recipe. Its exceptionally good!
I also sauteed some grated squash for dinner. I added a bunch of chopped onion, fresh garlic and thyme, then lightly sauteed in olive oil. After it finished cooking, I grated on a bit of Robusto cheese. Delicious! I'd like to find a recipe for grated squash where it holds together like a potato pancake. The nice white squash looks very much like potato, but has delicious squashy sweetness.
These 2 recipes used up about 4 cups of grated white squash. Another 4 cups yet to go. And then there are the zucchinis and yellow squashes I found too....
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yum, I love squash breads. I've never had patty pan squash before but I bet its so good.
Here is a recipe for Zucchini Pancakes. I have not used them for other types of squash, but I am sure that any summer squash would work fine.
They are wonderful served with sour cream. Enjoy!
http://beyondsalmon.blogspot.com/2007/04/zucchini-pancakes.html
Ask, and ye shall receive :)
Zucchini and Potato Pancakes
1 small zucchini, grated
1 small potato, grated
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup rice flour
pinch salt
pinch of pink peppercorn
chives
olive oil
Squeeze out most of the moisture from the grated zucchini. Pat dry if necessary. In a bowl combine grated zucchini, potato, egg, rice flour, salt, pink pepper and chives. Heat some olive oil in a pan. Add about a tablespoon of mixture and flatten it. Cook till golden brown, flip and finish cooking. Serve with aioli.
These sound SOO good! Thanks. Can't wait to try.
That looks so much like our bennings green tint squash!
I've grown cucumbers for two years, Marketmore. They are really huge, too huge to use in a salad for one person. Can you suggest a smaller variety? Thanks.
I enjoy your blog very much. I'm in Maryland and I was amazed to see what you had growing just because of your cold frame head start.
We actually grated zucchini and froze it a couple of years ago and it was a total flop, wet and mushy. Could you update your experiment with frozen grated zucchini? Did you squeeze it first? Thanks,
Anna in MD
It worked very well for me to freeze grated zucchini, but yes it gets wet and mushy, so its only for using it to make zucchini bread with. I think it also works well in soups or risotto. I did not squeeze it.
But last year I realized that there's not a lot of point to saving the zucchini because once its finished, the pumpkins start ripening and they make great bread and store well. So I don't end up using the frozen zucchini.
Last year I grew 4 or 5 varieties and my favorite was Diva. Its a beautiful small smooth bright green cucumber that tastes delicious! I highly recommend it.
I also like little pickling cukes, but any cucumber if you forget to pick, will get big. I like North Carolina pickling cukes because they have a nice white skin with chartreuse flesh. (They get an not so pretty orangey color if they grow too long.) I am also growing Boston Pickling variety this summer and it seems nice, though I've lost a few and ended up with giants. (the white ones are easier to find.)
Yes, it is Bennings green tint. But no hint of green left in this overgrown one! The little greenish ones are delicious on the grill.
Thanks, Kathy. I check my garden almost every day, but I am always finding giant cucumbers. I think they sneak in from some alternate space-time continuum.
I think the cukes and zukes sneak in and the tomatoes sneak out. This may be a new physics discovery.
OK I had no idea that bennings was the same as patty pan! Thanks for teaching me something almost every day. I love your blog!
Sounds delish! I want to grow some pattypans some time.
just found your blog by google-ing "giant patty pan". just pulled my first 2 out of our garden and one is probably 7 inches across. glad to know what to do with them! going to borrow a food processor and make some squash bread and freeze the rest. and yes, the cukes got away from me too over a few days and now i have one that's practically zuke sized. already pickled 9 jars and just weighed the latest haul and its 22 lbs of cukes and the 2 patty pans!
This squash is very good if you slice fairly thick and then coat it with Self Rising flour, salt and pepper and fry till crisp in fairly deep olive oil.
Then just make a sandwich with two pieces of bread nothing else.....delicious
I hope you don't mind me using your image of a patty pan on my blog. I have attached a link to your blog next to the image in return. You were the only one with a big beautiful white patty pan and I wanted people to know how wonderful they are! I have never made summer squash bread, it looks so good. I will have to try it. If you do not like me using your image I understand, just let me know and I will take it down. Thank you!
NO problem Kim. Thanks for asking and for the link!
From South Africa. Husband grows GIANT patty pans in the garden... weighing up to 1,5kg! Handing out to all who will eat. Need some other recipes because you can only eat so many roast squashes. Like the idea of the bread and the stuffing. Any preserve ideas?
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