3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:
  1. Get medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 3 cups)
  2. Make ready olive oil
  3. Take dry macaroni or other pasta of choice (I used Italian Cavatappi or "corkscrew pasta")
  4. Prepare For the Sauce
  5. Get butter
  6. Make ready all purpose flour
  7. Prepare milk
  8. Get dijon mustard
  9. Prepare salt
  10. Prepare white pepper
  11. Prepare cayenne pepper (optional for a kick!)
  12. Get garlic powder
  13. Get freshly grated nutmeg (or ground nutmeg is fine)
  14. Get fresh thyme leaves(or dried is fine)
  15. Take Monterey Jack cheese, grated
  16. Make ready Smoked Gouda, grated
  17. Take Gruyere cheese, grated
  18. Prepare panko breadcrumbs
Steps to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 °.
  2. Toss squash with olive oil and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, turning halfway through until squash is tender.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Add in cheeses, squash and pasta. Stir just enough to coat and cheese is slightly melted.
  7. Pour your mac & cheese into an oven proof baking dish. Top with panko breadcrumbs 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 breadcrumbs 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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