Recipe of the Month

Baked Feta and Butternut Squash Pasta with Sage and Garlic

Recipe provided by Billie P. "A quick and easy dinner that you'll have on repeat all Fall."

Ingredients

• 5 cups Butternut Squash, about 1 large butternut squash
• ½ cup Olive Oil, plus more for drizzling
• 2 hefty pinches Kosher Salt (just shy of 1/2 tsp)
• 1 hefty pinch Red pepper Flakes, optional
• 1 8 oz block Feta Cheese
• 1 lb Pasta, such as rotini, orzo, or ditalini
• 10 leaves Fresh Sage, minced
• 3 cloves Garlic, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon Hot Honey (regular honey is fine too)
• Fresh-cracked black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
2. Toss butternut squash with olive oil, 2 hefty pinches of salt , and a few cranks of fresh pepper. Place the squash in a baking dish and put the block of feta in the middle. Drizzle the feta with a little bit of olive oil, red pepper flakes and add a fresh cracks of fresh pepper. Bake for 30 minutes.
3. Once 30 minutes has passed, take the butternut squash feta mixture out of the oven and slightly move the butternut squash - be sure not to touch the feta. You just want to make sure the squash isn’t burnt on the bottom. Then, crank the heat up to 450 and bake for another 5-10 minutes or until the feta is slightly browned.
4. Meanwhile, boil 1 lb of pasta in salty water. Once it’s al dente, strain and save 2 cups of the pasta water.
5. Once the feta is browned, remove the baking dish from the oven and immediately stir in minced garlic, minced sage leaves, and honey. Now add the pasta and 1 cup of pasta water and stir everything together.
6. If the pasta seems dry, add more of the reserved pasta water, little by little, until the sauce is creamy and smooth.Season the whole thing with more salt and pepper. You can also add more hot honey if needed!

For more information, view this recipe here: https://candiawomansgroup.org/docs/recipes/feta-butternut-squash-billie-p.pdf