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The doubeurre is a variety of gourd musquée, a plant of the family of Cucurbitaceae.

She(It) produces 4 in 7 fruits by foot, from 8 to 12 cms in diameter for the cylindrical part, from 10 to 14 cms for the blown part. She is of orange color cremate past.

The French name evokes the delicious taste of this gourd, in particular the velouté(softness) which its texture allows to obtain in cooking. The English name, < b > butternut < / b >, is also used because it is conveyed by the party of Halloween.

Late and runner, this cucurbit offers a yellow flesh to yellow orange-coloured, fine, buttered(drunk) and tender as of the lawyer(avocado). < Br / > With his(her,its) musky taste, you can use him raw, worn, or cooked: in velouté(softness), soufflé, chips, cheese-topped dish(A-list), purée, tart, jam.