SPAGHETTI SQUASH TETRAZZINI
Spaghetti squash in a chicken tetrazzini
This recipe, from Bert Greene's
Greene on Greens,
is a fancy way to serve up spaghetti squash.
Ingredients
(serves 4)
- 1 medium spaghetti squash
(about
1 kg
- 1 garlic clove,
crushed
- 1 medium onion,
chopped
- 10 g parsley,
chopped
- pinch basil
- pinch ground clove
- 400 ml chicken broth
- 1 chicken breast
(whole)
- 50 g butter
- 10 g shallots or scallions,
chopped
- 1 cup mushrooms
sliced
- 30 ml flour
- 200 ml whipping cream
- 10 ml dry vermouth
- 5 ml lemon juice
- 50 g grated parmesan cheese
- hot sauce
- ground pepper and salt,
to taste
Procedure squash
-
Boil squash in large pot for 45 minutes until soft. Drain and let cool.
Preheat oven to
190C
-
Divide squash in half and remove the seeds. Scrape the squash out into a bowl.
Procedure chicken
-
Boil onion, garlic, clove, parsley, basil and chicken broth in a skillet. Reduce heat and
add chicken. Cook for 4 minutes each side.
-
Remove chicken. Reduce broth to 1 cup. Cut chicken into strips.
Procedure mushrooms
-
Sautae shallots or scallions in 2 Tbsp of butter for 2 minutes.
-
Add mushrooms, continue cooking until soft.
Procedure sauce
-
Melt remaining butter in saucepan.
-
Add flour, and cook for two minutes stirring continuously.
-
Add vermouth, nutmeg, dash of hot pepper sauce, lemon juice and salt (if desired) and pepper.
Cook until thick (4 minutes). Combine everything into a greased baking dish and top with
parmesan cheese. Bake for 20 minutes until lightly browned
Rating
Difficulty:
moderate
Time:
60 minutes preparation, 20 minutes cooking.
Precision:
approximate measurement OK.
Contributor
Nicholas Horton
Reed College, Portland Oregon, USA
horton@reed.uucp
Recipe last modified: 30 Oct 87
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