Fusilli With Butternut Squash, Smoked Bacon & A Cheesy Sauce
By: Sophie32
Published: Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 2:10am

Ingredients




570 gr.s of butternut squash, peeled, cut up into 1cm  1 cm chunks
200 gr.s strips of smoked bacon
400 gr.s  fusilli
240 ml.s of alpro soy cream
50 gr.s  of grated Gruyère cheese, for the sauce
2 fat cloves of garlic, peeled & finely cut up
EVOO
sea salt
grinded fresh black pepper

Preparation

1 Cook the pasta in a large pot with salted boiling water. Cook until al dente. Drain well, but reserve a bit of the cooking water for the sauce. Keep warm. 2 Heat a large non stick pan up on medium high. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of the EVOO & heat up. When the oil sizzles, add the pieces of smoked bacon. Fry until browned & crisped up. This will take about 5 to 8 minutes. Put the bacon on a plate with 2 kitchen papers on it, to drain of the fat. Keep warm. 3 Using the same pan, add 2 to 3 tablespoons of the EVOO & heat up on medium high. When the oil sizzles, add the garlic & the chopped butternut squash. Fry until the squash is cooked through & browned on all sides. Stir frequently. This will take about 5 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with sea salt & black pepper. 4 Add the soy cream & add the pasta too. Add a bit of the left cooking water to create more of a sauce. Stir well. Let the soy cream thicken. Check seasoning again. It has to taste fab! 5 Remove from the heat & add the grated cheese. Stir well.

About


I love making this dish. Its one from Martha Stewart. I added more butternut squash.

Comments:
MyLastBite

My kind of pasta!