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Butternut squash lasagna

Butternut squash lasagna made with roasted butternut squash, prosciutto, goats cheese, ricotta, and crispy sage leaves. A wintery, indulgent comfort food dish that'll keep you cozy all evening.
Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time1 hour 50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 4 -6 people
Calories: 587kcal
Author: Emily Wyper

Ingredients

  • 2.2 lbs (1 kg) butternut squash
  • 5-6 garlic cloves
  • ½ tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5.2 oz (150g) fontal , or a good melting cheese such as fontina, gruyere or cheddar
  • 8.8 oz (250g) ricotta cheese ,good quality
  • 1.7 oz (50g) butter
  • 1 heaped tablespoon (30g) flour
  • 2.5 cups (600 ml) milk
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan
  • 3.5 oz (100g) goats cheese crumbly kind not soft
  • 3.5 oz (100g) prosciutto crudo
  • 5-6 sage leaves
  • store bought fresh lasagna sheets enough for 6-7 layers OR follow ingredients below for homemade

To Make Fresh Pasta:

  • 1 ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon (200g) Italian 00 flour or all purpose
  • 2 large eggs

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350F/gas mark 4.
  • Remove the skin from the squash with a knife and roughly chop it into medium sized chunks. Add it to a large baking tray with the garlic cloves (skins still on), sprinkle over the oregano with a little salt and pepper and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Roast in the over for 30-35 minutes until soft and cooked through.

Making Fresh Pasta

  • Meanwhile make the pasta or skip this step if using shop bough fresh lasagne sheets.
  • To make the pasta add the flour to a large mixing bowl or a large clean work surface and make a well in the middle. Crack the eggs into the well and whisk with a fork incorporating the flour slowly. Once the dough starts to come together begin kneading it with your hands.
  • Use extra flour as needed to dust the work surface and continue to knead the dough for 8-10 minutes until it’s very smooth. Cut the dough in half, if there are tiny air bubbles inside then it’s ready, if not continue kneading. Wrap the pasta dough in cling film and set aside.
  • Remove the squash from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes. Squeeze the garlic out of their skins and mash the garlic and squash together with a fork. (If there is a lot of liquid try to drain as much as you can and avoid the liquid when adding it to the lasagna).
  • Next, grate the fontal or melting cheese of your choice and mix it with the ricotta in a bowl with half the nutmeg and a pinch of salt and pepper, set aside.

Make The White Sauce

  • Now make the white sauce, add the butter to a saucepan under a medium heat. Once melted, add the flour and stir into a paste. Cook the paste, stirring so it doesn’t burn for 1 minute then add half of the milk while whisking constantly to avoid any lumps.
  • Once the sauce starts to thicken add the other half of the milk and whisk again until thick and creamy. Add the parmesan, pinch of nutmeg, salt and pepper and stir, turn off the heat once the parmesan has melted and set aside.

Roll Out Pasta

  • If using fresh home made pasta, roll it out at this point. You want pasta sheets long enough to fit your baking dish.
  • If using a pasta machine (easiest way) set the dial to the widest point (usually 0). Cut the pasta dough into 3 and feed the first piece through the machine. Fold one end of the pasta dough into the middle of the dough and the other end other that to create a third. Feed that through the machine once more. Repeat this 2-3 times then feed the dough through each number of the machine until you reach number 7 or 8 ( the dough should be nice and thin). Repeat this with all 3 pieces of dough.

Assemble The lasagna

  • Add a couple of spoonfuls of white sauce to the bottom of an oven proof baking dish and spread it out evenly. Next add a layer of pasta (either freshly made or fresh shop bough, cut to size). Add a spoonful of squash the spread it out over the pasta.
  • Next dot over some ricotta mixture, crumble a little goats cheese and tear over pieces of prosciutto. Finally drizzle over some more white sauce and spread it over the toppings. Repeat this until all the ingredients are used up, you should have at least 5 or 6 layers. Make sure to keep a little extra white sauce for the final layer.
  • Cover the lasagna with tin foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it rest for 5-10 minutes.
  • Finally fry the sage leaves in 1 tablespoon of olive oil for a few seconds, drain on kitchen paper then garnish the lasagna, serve.

Notes

  •  I like to save a little extra prosciutto for the very top because it looks pretty when it comes out of the oven and gives some texture. If you're doing this then add the prosciutto when the foil comes off the lasagna and it goes in for the second bake.

Nutrition

Calories: 587kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 55g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 225mg | Sodium: 813mg | Potassium: 1256mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 28050IU | Vitamin C: 53.5mg | Calcium: 699mg | Iron: 3.3mg