ORECCHIETTE WITH ROASTED SQUASH, PARMESAN, KALE AND SAUSAGE
Filed under: Dinner, Entertaining
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This delicious recipe was created with passion in collaboration with dinettemagazine.com
ingredients
- 1 litre (4 cups) butternut squash, diced
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) olive oil
- 375 g (¾ lb.) orecchiette
- 6 mild italian sausages, skin removed and roughly crumbled
- crumbled
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 500 ml (2 cups) kale, removed from stalks and torn into pieces
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 10 ml (2 teaspoons) fennel seed
- 250 ml (1 cup) white wine
- 190 ml (¾ cup) 15% cooking cream
- 125 ml (½ cup) pasta cooking water
- 190 ml (¾ cup) fresh parmesan, grated
- 30 ml (2 tablespoons) fresh sage, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
instructions
- Preheat oven to 215 °C (425 °F).
- Mix squash with olive oil in a bowl. Season generously and spread on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place in oven for 12 to 17 minutes or until squash is tender and nicely roasted.
- Cook pasta in salted water to the al dente stage. Drain but do not rinse. Set aside 125 ml (½ cup) of the cooking water.
- Heat a pan over medium heat and brown sausage meat for 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic, kale, shallot and fennel seed. Season and continue cooking for 1 minute longer. Deglaze with white wine and reduce by half.
- Add cream and pasta cooking water. Bring to a boil. Mix in squash and pasta. Heat through. Add parmesan and sage. Stir and correct seasoning if needed.
