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3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac Cheese Recipe
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To bewith this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have 3 cheese butternut squash mac cheese using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac Cheese:
- Prepare 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 3 cups)
- Make ready 2 tsp olive oil
- Get 2 1/2 cup dry macaroni or other pasta of choice (I used Italian Cavatappi orcorkscrew pasta")
- Get For the Sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp butter
- Take 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup milk
- Get 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 1/2 tsp white pepper
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional for a kick!)
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Get 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (or ground nutmeg is fine)
- Take 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves(or dried is fine)
- Make ready 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, grated
- Take 1 cup Smoked Gouda, grated
- Take 1/2 cup Gruyere cheese, grated
- Take 1/2 cup panko breadcbs
Steps to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 400 °.
- Toss squash with olive oil and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, turning halfway through until squash is tender.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Add in cheeses, squash and pasta. Stir just enough to coat and cheese is slightly melted.
- Pour your mac cheese into an oven proof baking dish. Top with panko breadcbs 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 breadcbs 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.
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