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Yellow Squash and Zucchini Tart: Summer's Bounty. Serves 6. Ingredients. Crust. 1¼ cups (6.25 ounces, 177 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour. ¾ teaspoon Kosher salt
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Summer squash season is upon us, and we can barely contain our excitement. While our go-to preparation is roasting it in the oven with olive oil, salt and...
Summer squash are squashes that are harvested when immature, while the rind is still tender and edible. Most summer squashes are varieties of Cucurbita pepo , [ 4 ] though some are C. moschata . Most summer squash have a bushy growth habit, unlike the rambling vines of many winter squashes . [ 4 ]
The zucchini (/ z u ˈ k iː n i / ⓘ; pl.: zucchini or zucchinis), [1] courgette (/ k ʊər ˈ ʒ ɛ t /) or baby marrow (Cucurbita pepo) [2] is a summer squash, a vining herbaceous plant whose fruit are harvested when their immature seeds and epicarp (rind) are still soft and edible.
It is often used in recipes interchangeably with zucchini. A good yellow summer squash will be small and firm with tender skin free of blemishes and bruising. It is available all year long in some regions, but is at its peak from early through late summer. [2] [3] [4] One similar inedible C. pepo variety is C. pepo var. ovifera. [5]
Summer squash cordon bleu and fingerling potato salad make the perfect end-of-summer pair.
The fruit color is usually pale green, fading to beige upon maturity, [1] and it is picked around one foot long for summer squash. It is an heirloom, [4] originally from Liguria, [5] and remains popular throughout Italy and abroad. [1] [3] Tromboncino squash can be left to mature into a winter squash; such is often compared to a watery [6 ...