Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Butternut Squash Lasagna

Hello one and all - I have a tasty recipe for you!




WARNING!: Please be incredibly careful! Squash is not easy to cut and mandolins are incredibly dangerous! Use extreme caution when preparing this dish.

What You’ll Need…

The top half of 1 Large Butternut Squash
1lb Ground Turkey
1 ½ Cups Grated Cheese (Your favorite)
1 ½ Cups Milk
3 Tablespoons Butter
3 Tablespoons Flour
1 Teaspoons Cinnamon
Pepper (To taste)
Salt (To taste)
Garlic Powder

Pre-heat your over to 375.

Carefully cut your squash and set the bottom half aside. Peel the squash and cut it into quarters. At this point set the squash off to the side and move onto the meat.

Cook your turkey all of the way through and add pepper and garlic powder to taste.

While the meat is cooking start on your sauce. In a sauce pan melt 3 tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Once the butter has melted add in 3 tablespoons of flour and whisk it all together. Allow this mixture to cook for 2 minutes to remove the raw flour taste. At this point add the milk and whisk. You can whisk the whole time until it comes together, but you can also whisk for about 30 seconds every minute or two until it comes together.

Once the sauce has thickened turn off the heat and add salt, pepper, and the cinnamon.

Back to the squash. Microwave the squash quarters for about three minutes to slightly soften it. Very carefully slice the squash using a mandolin so that it is in wide thin slices.

Once you have sliced all of the squash it is time to assemble.

Lightly coat the bottom of a greased casserole dish with the sauce. Place a layer squash on top of the sauce and on top of that place another layer of sauce. On top of this layer of sauce put a layer of meat and then a layer of cheese. On top of the cheese place another layer of squash and then repeat. The top layer should be squash, on top of the squash put the remaining sauce.

Bake the lasagna at 375 for 50-60 minutes.

When the time is up remove the dish from the oven and allow it to cool for a few moments before serving.

Enjoy!

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