Bon Appetit's recipe called for pancetta and chicken broth, but I knew I could easily make it vegetarian and.
Or Brown Butter Alfredo Sauce drool.
This sauce is made from sweet butternut squash and makes my heart *and tummy* happy.
Ingredients of Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce
- It's 2 of Butternut Squash.
- You need of Olive oil.
- You need of Water.
- Prepare 12 oz of box Gluten Free Penne pasta.
- Prepare of Butter.
- You need of Chicken broth.
- You need Half of and half.
- Prepare 1/4 of onion minced.
- Prepare 2 of large cloves garlic minced.
- Prepare of Sun dried tomatoes cut up (as many as you like).
- You need of Salt and pepper.
- It's of Cavender's Greek Seasoning.
- You need of Pasta water.
Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees and cut both squash in half then scoop out the seeds.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place squash face down on baking tray with about a half a cup of water.
- Roast for 50-60 minutes.
- Take out oven and cool for 10 minutes then turn over and scoop out roasted squash and place into a pot on the stove with some butter.
- Meanwhile boil your pasta in another pot (save one cup of the pasta water) and saute the onion and garlic and cut up your sun dried tomatoes.
- Mash squash with a potato masher and turn the heat to LO on the stove top.
- Add chicken broth, half and half, sun dried tomatoes, onion, garlic and Cavender's and continue to stir until desired creaminess.
- When pasta is done, drain and add to the squash mixture. Add some pasta water to make it stick to the penne.Turn off heat and place top on the pot to let the pasta absorb the sauce !! ππππππππServe immediately and ENJOY!!.
And it's so creamy that additional cream isn't even needed. Pasta served with a homemade butternut squash pasta sauce of roasted butternut squash, shallots, cream, and Parmesan cheese. We often find butternut squash inside of ravioli, so why not on the outside for a butternut squash pasta dish? It just needed to be thinned a bit with water, made savory. My butternut squash pasta sauce relies on a nut or dairy fat to help balance the starch, creating a creamy, almost cheese-like texture that is marked with a hint of the squash's sweetness.
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