kabocha
kabocha squash
Japanese pumpkin

The Japanese pumpkin pie, made with kabocha squash, is a natural.

We like to make something similar with sweet and succulent kabocha squash.

It is also called kabocha squash in North America.

I particularly like the combination of slightly sweet duck confit with kabocha squash.

The star dessert was a kabocha squash cheesecake.

Kabocha squash and onion provide sweetness and help balance the curry paste.

Last week I paid $7.24 for a single small kabocha squash in a market where the produce wears fancy labels spelling out its provenance.

For dessert my mother would always make a sweet kabocha squash soup with coconut milk and tapioca."

A scattering of candied pecans brought a sweet nuttiness to kabocha squash soup.

The custard, steamed inside a whole kabocha squash, then cut into slices, is one of Poomsuke's most popular desserts.

An alternate custard style is embedded with squares of kabocha squash, which adds its own mellow sweetness.

WHEN my in-law equivalents came to visit this fall, one of their goals was to find a kabocha squash.

When I made the steamed kabocha squash, I found it astonishingly delicious, straight from the pan or cold the next day.

You can use either butternut or kabocha squash in this week’s recipes, though the two are not identical in texture or flavor.

An assortment of tempura (shrimp, asparagus, shiitake, kabocha squash) couldn’t be crisper or lighter.

The intensely sweet desserts, particularly a pale pumpkin custard served atop bright orange kabocha squash, were more interesting the usual Asian offerings.

You probably don't want the ricotta gnocchi with kabocha squash and white shrimp, though, it's gummy and the sauce is overreduced.

This last step is essential, as kabocha squashes vary in sweetness and lemons certainly vary in acidity.

Hōtō (a type of udon) stewed in miso with kabocha squash, Chinese cabbage, carrot, taro and the like.

Japanese kabocha squash, now grown throughout the United States, has its partisans, who value its intense sweetness and hefty, almost oily personality.

Bittersweet tempura, though, made with broccoli rabe and kabocha squash, could have a lighter batter and a less intense shoyu dipping sauce.

The second course offered early fall harvest salad on daikon sheets, masago rice pearl crispies, rice wine vinaigrette, served with kabocha squash.

A flawless collage of duck confit, tender gnocchi, kabocha squash and wild mushrooms bathed with a warm sherry vinaigrette was delicious.

You may be fooled into thinking the orange vegetables next to the dark beets are sliced golden beets, but they are slices of roasted kabocha squash.

Vegetables - bell pepper, carrots, shiitake and other mushrooms, onions, cabbage, eggplant, bean sprout (moyashi), garlic and kabocha squash are common.

The Japanese pumpkin pie, made with kabocha squash, is a natural.

It originates from the Portuguese word abóbora meaning Japanese pumpkin.

Besides pea soups, he also serves a silky Japanese pumpkin soup over a green apple and salmon garnish.

Kabocha is commonly called Japanese pumpkin, especially in Australia and New Zealand.

A sweet bouillabaisse, thickened with Japanese pumpkin, had lobster as the star, with scallops and shrimp in supporting roles.

An autumn soup, purée of kobacha squash (Japanese pumpkin), gets great depth from long marination and cooking with honey and vinegar.

Twelve tiny morsels, each of a different fantastical Japanese-inspired dish — like hand-carved Japanese pumpkin simmered in kombu kelp broth, shaved lotus root and oshi-tofu with organic micro wasabi sprouts — studded the plates under the arched beams and glass panes of the Palm House.

Highlights from a recent winter chef’s menu included Mediterranean rouget-barbet with orange, artichoke, black olive and roquette salad; tataki of wagyu beef with wakame, tempura of Japanese pumpkin and sprouted onion; and parsnip rice pudding with vanilla bean sorbet, crisp phyllo and vanilla liqueur reduction.