3/30/2023 0 Comments Squash blossom![]() The best way to experience a Macho blossom cooked is to sauté, pan or deep fry the blossom stuffed with a soft cheese. Raw blossoms can be added to salads, stuffed and served as a crudité or simply eaten fresh out of hand. Macho blossoms can be prepared raw or cooked. The blooms do offer some calcium and iron as well as vitamin C and A. Squash blossoms provide minimal nutritional value and only approximately five calories per cup of flowers. Also, since they are only needed for pollination purposes a plant can be picked of all but a few males leaving the majority of plant blossoms intact female which after being pollinated by one of the few remaining males will turn into the fruit of the squash plant. Macho blossoms are more commonly harvested than female blossoms as they tend to bloom earlier than the female blossoms. Other squash and gourd species produce blossoms similar in appearance and taste but the Macho blossoms found on summer squash varieties are one of the most popular squash blossoms found in the marketplace. Summer squash plants that produce the Macho blossom are botanically a part of Cucurbita pepo and a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. ![]() Macho blossoms, also known as flores de Calabaza, are the male pollen bearing flower of squash plants. ![]() Macho blossoms are available year-round with a peak season in the late spring. Their flavor is subtle, yet true to squash in all notes, slightly sweet and reminiscent of corn, grassy and succulent with subtle notes of citrus. The blossom's coloring is vibrant orange at its tip, with variegations of gold and green running the length of the bloom towards its vibrant green stem end. Once mature the broad and pointed flower petals will be open in the mornings and closed tightly in the late afternoon. The male blossoms are downy, feather weight and tissue-paper thin. ![]() Macho blossoms are fragile, their shelf-life brief and yet despite these two liabilities, their better qualities flavor, appearance and textural favor have afforded the Macho blossom culinary appeal. ![]()
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