Cheesy Butternut Squash Pasta with Prosciutto and Sage

I know I’ve been like omgidontwantsummertoend but I am finally ready for autumn. I’ve been loving these chilly nights together with I am starting to live in total mash/pumpkin/cinnamon/apple tree/kale/soup/insertotherfallfoodhere mood. Cooking seasonally is e'er then much fun. I absolutely dear all the fresh summertime produce, peaches, corn, heirloom tomatoes, etc., merely I definitely have a soft place for autumn. It’s such a beautiful season as well as I associate it alongside and then many practiced things. My birthday is inward Nov, together with I’ve ever merely actually enjoyed the flavour since I was fiddling. Today I am bringing yous this lightened upwardly fall comfort food which has alllll the creaminess y'all’d always desire inwards a mac too cheese, minus a lot of the fatty and calories that your typical mac would have.

This butternut crush pureé is really something else. I couldn’t aid only to sneak a few spoonfuls of it patch making this. It would live delicious to serve approximately seared scallops over it or merely consume it equally a side dish.



YUM.





What I dearest well-nigh this is dish is the richness together with comfort y'all get from the butternut squeeze. I roasted it inwards the oven at a high temp alongside shallots and so they got all caramelized in addition to aureate, and so pureéd it inwards the nutrient processor till it was perfectly shine. I and then made the cheesy sauce by adding whole milk as well as cheddar in addition to mascarpone to the pureé. I beloved adding mascarpone to my pastas. It is basically an Italian cream cheese which melts beautifully into sauces. The prosciutto too sage add together an amazing flavour dimension to the pasta. This is actually a perfect meal to add together to your autumn comfort nutrient repertoire.

Serves four-six

i lb. orecchiette pasta or other short-cutting pasta

1 1/2 lbs. cubed butternut squash (I cut mine into 1” chunks)

ane shallot, thinly sliced

ii T. olive fossil oil + 2 tsp.

iv oz. thinly sliced prosciutto, chopped

one 1/2 c. milk

ii c. freshly grated cheddar cheese (I used a medium cheddar but y'all tin can use mild or sharp as well)

4 oz. mascarpone cheese

pinch of nutmeg

pinch of cayenne pepper

two T. chopped fresh sage

i/ii tsp. common salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 425℉. Toss cubed butternut mash in addition to shallot amongst two T. olive petroleum, common salt, and pepper on a large baking canvass. Roast for well-nigh xx minutes, tossing a dyad times during cooking. You desire the squelch to be tender as well as golden. Let cool slightly.

In the meantime, yous tin can prepare the pasta according to package directions. While the pasta is cooking, heat two tsp. olive crude oil inward a modest skillet over medium rut. Sauté prosciutto for ii-3 minutes, and so enhance the heat to medium/high, too fix for another five minutes about until it is slightly gold and crispy. Drain on a paper towel in addition to ready aside. Pasta should be done at this bespeak, simply taste examination in addition to drain.

Now, add the butternut mash too shallots to a nutrient processor or blender. Pureé until polish. You mightiness take to add together a splash of milk to go it going. Add the butternut pureé, milk, nutmeg, cayenne, as well as additional table salt too pepper to a big pot as well as rut over medium rut, whisking until shine, for two-iii minutes. When heated through, remove from oestrus and stir in cheeses. Add pasta back into pot too fold inwards prosciutto in addition to chopped sage. Serve correct away.



So creamy too luxurious.