
Butternut Squash Mac n Cheese
Prep Time: 15 minutes Prepare dinner Time: 30 minutes Complete Time: 45 minutes Servings: 6
A creamy tumble mac and cheese with butternut squash puree and sage!
substances
- 1 pound pasta (gluten-cost-free for gluten-cost-free)
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour (rice flour for gluten-absolutely free)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons sage, thinly sliced
- 2 cups milk (or broth)
- 2 cups cheese, shredded*
- 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan cheese), grated
- 1 pinch nutmeg (optional)
- 1 teaspoon dijon mustard (optional)
- 2 cups butternut squash puree (or pumpkin puree)
- salt and pepper to flavor
directions
- Begin cooking the pasta as directed on the package deal.
- In the meantime, soften the butter in a big saucepan around medium heat and prepare dinner until finally it commences to flip a light golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Sprinkling in the flour, blend in the garlic and sage and prepare dinner, mixing, until it turns a gentle golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Include the milk, provide to a simmer, mixing, and cook dinner until finally it thickens, about 5 minutes.
- Reduce the warmth, insert the cheese and permit it soften into the sauce.
- Blend in the nutmeg, mustard, and butternut squash puree ahead of seasoning with salt and pepper to style.
- Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking h2o.
- Combine the pasta into the sauce, optionally including some of the reserved cooking water to skinny the sauce out, if ideal.
Possibility: Use your favorite cheese or mixture of cheeses. I like strong cheddar or gruyere, fontiona, and so forth. together with parmesan, pecorino, etc. Blue cheese is awesome with butternut squash!
Possibility: Insert 4 ounces product cheese in addition to the shredded cheese!
Possibility: Best with a crispy breadcrumb topping! (Soften 1/4 cup butt in a pan, include 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs, combine and cook dinner right until flippantly golden brown before sprinkling more than the mac and cheese!
Solution: Garnish with crispy butter fried sage!
Selection: Garnish with bacon, or pancetta, or sausage, or shredded pepperoni! (Fried until finally crispy!)
Possibility: Garnish with sauteed mushrooms!
Choice: Garnish with pepitas!