Description
Family:
Giant Squash – Potiron (Cucurbita maxima)
Storage: from 3 to 6 months.
Revelants informations:
- Originally from Spain, its name translated Good taste of the oven! seems to boast the merits of this squash.
- With its rather unusual appearance, this squash, almost entirely covered with warts and bumps, is one of the least often cultivated varieties.
- The colour varies from dark green to light green can occasionally be orange.
- Its flesh is at once dense and fine, yellow-orange and slightly sweet.
- Rather difficult to cut or peel, it is better to cook it whole and then empty it.
Use:
- Perfect for making pies
- Excellent when roasted in fries or wedges.
- Ideal for soups
