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Recipe for "spag-squash"

NAME

     SPAG-SQUASH - 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
     ,         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

          (1)  Boil squash in large  pot  for  45  minutes  until
               soft.   Drain  and  let  cool. Preheat oven to 190
               deg. C.
          (2)  Divide  squash  in  half  and  remove  the  seeds.
               Scrape the squash out into a bowl.

PROCEDURE chicken

          (1)  Boil onion,  garlic,  clove,  parsley,  basil  and
               chicken  broth  in a skillet.  Reduce heat and add
               chicken.  Cook for 4 minutes each side.
          (2)  Remove chicken.   Reduce  broth  to  1  cup.   Cut
               chicken into strips.

PROCEDURE mushrooms

          (1)  Saute shallots or scallions in 2  Tbsp  of  butter
               for 2 minutes.
          (2)  Add mushrooms, continue cooking until soft.

PROCEDURE sauce

          (1)  Melt remaining butter in saucepan.
          (2)  Add flour, and cook for two minutes stirring  con-
               tinuously.
          (3)  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