Comments on: Squash Flowers, Two Ways…

By: el_jefe

el_jefe — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:17:25 +0000

how about grilled tortilla with squash flowers and mozarella and a little pork fat?

By: leticia

leticia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:26:51 +0000

i’ll do this as soon as i get to my beach house in pandan, antique. where in my backyard,there’s an abundance of squash.
hahaha lee..i like that..but MM is right, the male kalabasa flower will wilt easily so you should be quick to pick it up to be able to make use of it, while the female ones you can distiguish easily because you can see a baby squash in it. in fact, the male flowers are used to pollinate manually the female kalabasa flowers.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:37:42 +0000

zena, yes, beer batter is great, often with fish though I suspect it would work here as well… but take care not to overwhelm the flavor of the squash flower. If going for a beer, try a lighter one (though cerveza negra has a great deep flavor). thelma, sounds good to me! New Yorkers, parmiggiano, another great twist I hadn’t thought of. abi, I haven’t tried that, but zena thinks it would be a good idea…

By: zena

zena — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:58:05 +0000

Baking soda or powder may be added. May i suggest the substitution of beer for the carbonated/soda water. Beer batter is a common enough recipe for that fizzy quality and light batter. Great for onion rings too!

By: thelma

thelma — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:50:50 +0000

i cooked the flowers dipping them with egg, flour and panko, and fried them. they turned out really light and delicious…just like tempura! i served them with the tempura dipping sauce…heaven!!

By: NewYorker

NewYorker — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:53:59 +0000

A sprinkling of parmigiano reggiano on the squash blossoms is also nice.

By: abi

abi — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:08:25 +0000

MM, will it help if i add baking soda to the plain water?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:45 +0000

wil-b, every recipe I have read for this instructs the reader to remove the pistil, but I don’t know why, maybe it is slightly bitter? Lee, silly, they only sell the male kalabasa flowers, the female ones turn into squash!

By: wil-b cariaga

wil-b cariaga — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:48:10 +0000

MM. . . why do you remove the pistil?

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:36:15 +0000

nice. but i don’t see this in our markets here. Is it legal to deflower a kalabasa patch?