{"id":1922,"date":"2009-05-03T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T01:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/wp\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2012-02-03T18:20:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T00:20:16","slug":"squash-croquettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/?p=1922","title":{"rendered":"Squash Croquettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first thought was, ok, which one? Squash or croquet? Then common sense kicked in.<\/p>\n<p>1 butternut squash<br \/>\n1\/2 c quinoa<br \/>\n1 c vegetable broth<br \/>\n1\/4 c pecans<br \/>\npowdered ginger<br \/>\npowdered nutmeg<br \/>\npowdered cinnamon<br \/>\nchermoula spice (or a curry powder)<br \/>\nSmoked red savina (or cayenne)<br \/>\nsalt<br \/>\n3 scallions<br \/>\nPanko breadcrumbs<br \/>\nPeanut oil<\/p>\n<p>Heat oven to 400 degrees (F). Cut squash in half, lay cut side down on a cookie sheet, then roast for 20-30 minutes or until tender and beginning to caramelize. Remove from oven and turn temperature down to 350.<\/p>\n<p>Rinse quinoa in cold water. Bring broth to a boil, then add quinoa and cover. Turn heat to low and cook for 15-20 minutes or until broth is absorbed and you can see the white ring in the grains.<\/p>\n<p>Chop the pecans.<\/p>\n<p>Scoop out the squash flesh from the skin into a bowl. Add quinoa, pecans, a few pinches of each of the spices, and salt. Chop the scallions and stir in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/croquettesmixed.jpg\" title=\"Croquette mixture\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Croquette Mixture | \u00a9 2009 Cynthia Wenslow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Form the squash mixture into patties and pat in the Panko. The patties can rest on a piece of wax paper while awaiting their final fate. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/croquettesformed.jpg\" title=\"Croquettes formed\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Croquettes Formed | \u00a9 2009 Cynthia Wenslow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heat the peanut oil to roughly 350-360 degrees, then fry the patties, turning once only.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/croquettesfrying.jpg\" title=\"Frying the croquettes\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Croquettes Frying | \u00a9 2009 Cynthia Wenslow<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As each batch is done, place the patties on a rack in the oven to keep warm. When all are done, plate, add a few dollops of sambal oelek, garnish with chopped scallion greens, and stand back. A nice Pilsener would work well with these.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/croquettesplated.jpg\" title=\"Croquettes plated\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Croquettes Plated | \u00a9 2009 Cynthia Wenslow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the-stupids.com\/croquettes.pdf\">Click to print this recipe as a PDF.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1922\" data-postid=\"1922\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1922 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first thought was, ok, which one? Squash or croquet? Then common sense kicked in. 1 butternut squash 1\/2 c quinoa 1 c vegetable broth 1\/4 c pecans powdered ginger powdered nutmeg powdered cinnamon chermoula spice (or a curry powder) Smoked red savina (or cayenne) salt 3 scallions Panko breadcrumbs Peanut oil Heat oven to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,127],"tags":[30,54],"class_list":["post-1922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mains","category-recipes","tag-mains","tag-vegetarian","has-post-title","no-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2blXF-v0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1922"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2196,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions\/2196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-stupids.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}