Butter-Glazed Avocado Squash with Chiles, Caciocavallo, Crunchies & Garlic Chives

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Flavors from the Farm: Vegetable-Forward Cookery to Share with Friends & Family

By Emma Hearst

Published 2024

  • About

Many years ago, while running my restaurants in NYC, I would go on the hunt for spectacular produce at the Union Square Greenmarket. One day, I came across a variety of summer squash from Bodhi Tree Farm labeled avocado squash. Its true name is Early Bulam, and it is a hybridized squash seed of Korean descent. It has an uncanny resemblance to a bright green avocado with a gradient green flesh, thus its nickname. Even its nutty flavors whisper a likeness to the creamy fruit. A prolific squas