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Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon Pasta

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Adapted from a Cooking Light recipe.

Ingredients

  • ¾ teaspoons Salt, Divided
  • ½ teaspoons Dried Rosemary
  • ¼ teaspoons Coarse Ground Pepper
  • 3 cups (1-inch Cubed) Peeled Butternut Squash
  • Cooking Spray
  • 8 ounces, weight Mini Or Regular Penne
  • 6 slices Bacon, Cut Into 1-inch Pieces
  • 1 cup Thinly Sliced Shallots
  • ½ cups Flour
  • 2 cups Milk (2%)
  • ¾ cups Provolone Cheese, Slices Or Cubed Or Shredded
  • ⅓ cups Grated Fresh Parmesan Cheese

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425F.

Combine 1/4 tsp salt, rosemary and pepper. Place squash on a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt mixture. Bake at 425F for 45 minutes or until tender and ligtly browned. Increase oven temperature to 450F.

Cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 1/2 teaspoon drippings from pan. Increase heat to medium-high. Add shallots to the pan; saute for 8 minutes or until tender. Combine squash mixture, bacon and shallots in a bowl; set aside.

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain well.

Over medium-high heat, combine flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the same pan the shallots were cooked. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly with a whisk; bring to a boil. Cook for 1 minute or until slightly thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.

Add provolone, sitrring until cheese melts. Add pasta to the cheese mixture, tossing well to combine. Spoon pasta mixture into an 9×13-inch baking dish lightly coated with cooking spray; top with the squash mixture. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan cheese.

Bake at 450F for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and begins to brown.

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JoyfulCook on 11.7.2011

I made this dish and I thought it was tasty! This was my first experience with butternut squash and both my husband and myself enjoyed it. I would say, however, this recipe took a LOT of prep work and definitely is meant for the multi-purposing cook. (there is just so much that needs to be done all at once it felt like!) I would rate this recipe as “intermediate”. Also, I don’t really know if I did it right, but the flour and milk part turned out to be very ‘doughy’… not sure if that was right, but nevertheless, it turned out tasty, just a lot of work!

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