3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This guilt-free mac and cheese gives you all the comfort of the classic dish, but with an extra heaping of nutrients. Made with whole-wheat noodles, three cheeses (Gruyere, cheddar and Parmesan), shallots, and lots of good-for-your-body butternut squash… it's cozy, creamy AND nourishing! But before we dig right in, I want you to know about the first time I had Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese.

3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:
  1. Make ready 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 3 cups)
  2. Make ready 2 tsp olive oil
  3. Make ready 2 1/2 cup dry macaroni or other pasta of choice (I used Italian Cavatappi or "corkscrew pasta")
  4. Take For the Sauce
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp butter
  6. Prepare 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  7. Prepare 2 1/2 cup milk
  8. Get 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  9. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp white pepper
  11. Make ready 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional for a kick!)
  12. Take 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  13. Take 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (or ground nutmeg is fine)
  14. Get 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves(or dried is fine)
  15. Take 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, grated
  16. Prepare 1 cup Smoked Gouda, grated
  17. Prepare 1/2 cup Gruyere cheese, grated
  18. Make ready 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs

I decided to make a lighter Butternut Squash Mac 'n Cheeze. But of course, I wasn't so sure if it would work. I figured there was a good chance I'd be eating bad mac 'n cheese for a week straight while Eric ate cereal for dinner. The key to creamy, butternut squash mac and cheese is to cook the squash directly in the milk.

Instructions to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 °.
  2. Toss squash with olive oil and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, turning halfway through until squash is tender.
  3. Cook pasta according to the package instructions. Usually about 5-7 minutes until al dente depending on the pasta you choose. Drain pasta and set aside.
  4. In a large pot over medium high heat, melt butter. Whisk in the flour. Your flour mixture at this point will be thick, lumpy and dry.
  5. Slowly whisk in the milk a little at a time. Add the dijon mustard and spices. Constantly stir until the flour mixture comes to a boil about 5-7 minutes and thickens.
  6. Add in cheeses, squash and pasta. Stir just enough to coat and cheese is slightly melted.
  7. Pour your mac & cheese into an oven proof baking dish. Top with panko breadcrumbs and bake for 20 minutes. If you want, you can just put the mac & cheese under the broiler too for about 2-3 minutes to toast the panko breadcrumbs on top and be done with it. I like to bake mine a little longer until all the cheeses are very melty through the whole dish.

Cooking cubed squash in whole milk makes the cheese sauce prettier, eliminates extra dishes, and adds sweetness that perfectly balances the tang of both the cheddar and Parmesan cheeses added. Plus, the butternut squash gives the entire dish a beautiful, natural golden orange color. This butternut squash mac and cheese recipe is a favorite at home and at my cooking classes! Every fall and winter, I make this butternut squash mac and cheese at least several times. But for us, mac and cheese was something you made from the box.

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