Any cooked squash will do with the exception perhaps of spaghetti squash, the texture will be similar. There will be slight variations in color and depth of flavor but adjust the spices added and you will get away with it.
Acorn squash is not available in Australia. Butternut squash is found in Australia, but it is known there as butternut pumpkin.
Butternut Squash?????
Butternut Squash!
Bright orange squash used to make pie is most likely referring to pumpkin. Pumpkin is a type of winter squash that is commonly used in baking to make pumpkin pie. The flesh of the pumpkin is pureed and combined with sugar, spices, and other ingredients to create the filling for the pie.
A good pumpkin substitute for baking recipes is butternut squash. It has a similar texture and flavor to pumpkin, making it a great alternative in recipes like pies, muffins, and breads.
Sounds as though it could be a butternut squash, also known in Australia as a butternut pumpkin.
A good substitute for pumpkin in a pumpkin pie recipe is butternut squash. It has a similar flavor and texture that works well in place of pumpkin.
The pumpkin is most closely related to fruits such as squash, zucchini, and cucumbers as they all belong to the same family, Cucurbitaceae.
No butternut squash, is not a root vegetable, such as tuber (eg. potatoes, carrots, yams). It grows above ground, like its close relative the pumpkin, the cucumber, the melon, etetera.
A butternut squash is officially a "courge musquée" or "courge butternut" in French.
Some delicious recipes for baking butternut squash include roasted butternut squash with maple syrup and cinnamon, butternut squash soup with coconut milk and curry, and stuffed butternut squash with quinoa and cranberries.
The following are some Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI) scores for squash: Pumpkin, canned 372 Zucchini 222 Pumpkin, fresh 170 Butternut Squash 159 Sweet Dumpling, Red Kuri, Kabocha, Delicata, Carnival, or Buttercup Squash 137 Blue Hubbard Squash 108 Pumpkin Seeds 52 Acorn Squash 46