Description
Average weight: 1.50 lb
Family:
Giant Squash – Poitron (Cucurbita maxima)
Storage: from 3 to 6 months.
Revelants informations:
- With its rather dry and good quality orange flesh, its flavor recalls the taste of butter with a sweet touch.
- This pink-orange squash belonging to the same family as the Hubbard squash has the distinction of being suitable for an individual portion.
- Initially, this variety, resulting from a cross between the squash Banquet and Tapley’s Bush, was developed in order to replace the sweet potato in areas where the growing season is shorter.
Use:
- Delicious grated salad
- Perfect as an accompaniment, puree, gratin, soup
- Very good for making jam
Recipe Ideas :
For an idea recipe of potiron and Apple jam, click here! (in French)
Or here, for an idea of a recipe for roast poitron salad, feta and quinoa! (in French)
