Homemade Butternut Squash Pasta in a Creamy Spinach Sauce
Total Steps
17
Ingredients
12
Tools Needed
1
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LeMoine Family KitchenIngredients
- 1 cup roasted butternut squash
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 3 1/2 cups reserved pasta water
- 2 packages 8 oz Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese, cubed
- 6 garlic cloves, sliced
- 6 handfuls baby spinach
- 2 handfuls grated pecorino cheese
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 385 degrees.
Step 2
Cut the butternut squash into quarters lengthwise. Drizzle with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and place onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Roast cut side down for about 40-45 minutes until softened and golden. {The cooking time will vary depending on the size of the butternut squash}.
Step 3
Set the squash aside and allow to cool. Once cool to the touch spoon the inside into a bowl and discard the skin.
Step 4
Add the flours, cooled squash, egg, egg yolk, salt and pepper into a food processor set up with the dough blade. Pulse until the dough just comes together. {Reminder, I made 2 batches of the dough, there is enough sauce for both batches}
Step 5
Remove the dough and place onto a floured surface. Flour up your hands and work any loose ingredients into the dough, form into a ball and set aside on a floured surface or piece of parchment.
Step 6
Allow the dough to rest for 20 minutes or so.
Step 7
While the dough is resting we can start the sauce. In a large sauté pan add a drizzle of olive oil and garlic. Cook just a few minutes over medium low heat.
Step 8
Add in the spinach just to wilt. Add the cream cheese in and shut the heat, it will just start to soften up and melt a bit... we'll come back to the sauce.
Step 9
Cut each dough round into 3 or 4 pieces and roll out to the thickness of your liking, again on a well floured surface. I like to go relatively thin with it {it will grow a little bit as it cooks}
Step 10
Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut the rolled out dough into pasta strands, again shape and thickness that you prefer.
Step 11
Toss the strands with some more flour, just lightly so that they don't stick together and place onto a baking sheet.
Step 12
Continue with the remaining dough.
Step 13
Cook in a couple batches or in a single batch if you have a nice big pot. Be sure to stir after adding the pasta to the water to prevent sticking.
Step 14
Strain the pasta but reserve that cooking liquid! Add in approx 3 1/2 cups of the pasta water into the pan for our sauce.
Step 15
Turn the heat back onto medium low and stir until the cream cheese is all melted and everything is well incorporated.
Step 16
Shut the heat, stir in a couple handfuls of pecorino cheese and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 17
Toss the sauce with that gorgeous pasta and enjoy!