Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce (Creamy + Delicious!)
Learn how to make this easy butternut squash pasta sauce recipe and find out why everyone who tastes it falls in LOVE!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil plus more as needed
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups unsalted chicken broth
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 lb peeled butternut squash cut in 1" cubes
- 1 lb dry pasta
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- freshly ground black pepper for serving
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until translucent, then add garlic and cook a minute more.
- Add chicken broth, salt and squash and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Cook, covered, until squash is very tender, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add pasta to boiling water and cook 9 minutes or until al dente according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup of cooking water, then drain in a colander and return to the pasta pot.
- Transfer squash mixture to blender along with cream and carefully process until very smooth (if your blender doesn't have steam vents, use an immersion blender instead, or else puree in two batches).
- Pour over pasta and toss, adding reserved cooking water as needed to thin it out. Add sausage and toss. Serve topped with black pepper and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Notes
Add 3/4 lb cooked sausage if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 769kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 160mg | Sodium: 1148mg | Potassium: 791mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 8652IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 3mg