Red kuri squash

Potimarron

What it is

The French name is a portmanteau of potiron and marron — pumpkin and chestnut — and it is an accurate tasting note rather than a marketing one. It arrived from Japan, where it is called uchiki kuri, and took over French markets in a generation.

In the kitchen

Do not peel it. The skin softens completely in cooking and carries most of the chestnut flavour.

Goes with

Chestnut Cream Nutmeg Sage Butter Hazelnut Ginger Coconut milk

Same species

Butternut squash Courgette flower Kabocha Muscade de Provence squash Pattypan squash Pumpkin

In season alongside

Borlotti bean Brussels sprout Cauliflower Coco de Paimpol Earth chestnut Jerusalem artichoke

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