Recipe: Delicious Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan

Recipe: Delicious Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan. Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan The veggie recipes come courtesy of Robert Lupo, one of our favorite Southern chefs. He cooked in the kitchen of beloved Decatur, Georgia, restaurant Leon's Full Service, and founded the vegetarian-focused supper club West Sherrywood. Make sure there's no clumps of cheese.

Slice up a baguette, drizzle the pieces with olive oil, lightly toast them in the oven, then spread each slice with a little goat cheese or flavored cream cheese, spoon a little of the veggie mixture on each one, and serve them as an appetizer with cold.

Butternut squash, browned butter, and sage flavor this simple pasta dish and make it somewhat special.

This is a delicious way to enjoy butternut squash, but you can also use another winter squash like kabocha or an edible pumpkin in this dish.

You can have Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan

1. It’s of water, divided.

2. Prepare of small butternut squash, peeled and diced.

3. Prepare of olive oil, divided.

4. Prepare of Kosher salt to taste.

5. You need of Black pepper to taste.

6. You need of fusilli pasta.

7. It’s of kale, washed and roughly chopped.

8. Prepare of pasta water.

9. Prepare of whole-milk ricotta cheese.

10. It’s of crushed red pepper flakes.

11. Prepare of unsalted butter.

12. You need of sage leaves, roughly chopped.

13. It’s of Parmesan, shaved.

Be sure to cut the squash into even-sized pieces to ensure they all roast evenly.

Butternut Squash Manicotti with Parmesan Cream Sauce, Acorn Squash Crostini with Bacon, Ricotta, and Sage, Roasted Acorn Squash with Ricotta and Honey, and way too many spaghetti squash recipes.

And now, I get to add this stunning fall pasta dish into the lineup.

This roasted butternut squash pasta recipe is sure to become a favorite this fall!

Butternut Squash and Kale Fusilli Pasta with Ricotta and topped with Fried Sage and Parmesan instructions

1. In a medium-large saucepot over medium-high heat, add 4 cups of water. While waiting for water to boil, place a large sauté pan over high heat and add squash, 2 cups water and half of the olive oil. Cook the squash for 10-12 minutes, until most of the liquid has evaporated. Season with salt and pepper, remove the squash from the pan and reserve..

2. When the water comes to boil, add pasta while stirring, and cook over high heat for 6-8 minutes or until tender. About 30 seconds before the pasta is cooked through, add the kale to the pot, and submerge the greens in the water to wilt. Before draining, remove 2 tablespoons of pasta cooking water and reserve. Drain the pasta and kale in a colander and reserve..

3. In a large kitchen mixing bowl, add ricotta, crushed red pepper flakes, reserved pasta water and butter. Stir to combine and reserve..

4. In a large sauté pan over medium heat, add remaining olive oil, then add sage. Cook for 1-2 minutes, remove from pan with a slotted kitchen spoon, and season with a pinch of salt. Over medium heat in the same pan, combine the pasta, kale and squash and incorporate while stirring. Cook just long enough to warm. Remove from heat and add mixture to the mixing bowl of cheese. Stir to combine all ingredients..

5. Divide the pasta between two plates, then top with fried sage and Parmesan. Enjoy!.

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Butternut squash, warm spices, sage, and a brown butter sauce makes this easy pasta recipe a winner.

I've gone down the sage and brown butter sauce routine once before on this blog with this mashed sweet potatoes recipe.

It's one of those well-loved combos that I wanted to explore further!

If you love butternut squash, you'll go crazy for this pasta sauce!

In it, the squash is front and center, adding to the creamy texture and supplying sweet autumn flavor.