Easiest Way to Make Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon

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While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce. You'll need these goodies: Center-Cut Bacon, Extra Sharp Cheddar, Parmesan Cheese, Cubed Butternut Squash, a small yellow onion, Elbow Macaroni, Dry Mustard, Salt & Pepper, and pinch'a Nutmeg. Didn't make the cut for the photo: Chicken Broth and Lowfat Milk.

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Recipe of Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butternut squash mac and cheese with bacon using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon:

1. Get 3 cups macaroni noodles
2. Prepare 2 cups diced butternut squash
3. Get 1 lbs bacon, diced
4. Get 1 onion, diced
5. Take 5 cloves garlic, minced
6. Get 1.5 tsp dried thyme
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp nutmeg
8. Make ready 1 tsp paprika
9. Make ready 1/4 cup white wine
10. Take to taste Salt and pepper
11. Get 1/2 cup heavy cream
12. Get 1/2 cup chicken stock
13. Make ready 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella
14. Prepare 1 cups gruyere cheese

Bacon Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese Recipe Notes. If you don't normally stock panko, you can order it from amazon or find it next to the bread crumbs at the grocery store. You can substitute bread crumbs here, but I really recommend panko for its superior crunch and texture. More Mac and Cheese Recipes: Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese is loaded with poblano peppers, jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, and of course lots of bacon!.

Instructions

Steps to make Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon:

1. In a large pot, cook pasta just shy of el dente
2. Meanwhile in an oven proof skillet, brown bacon.
3. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and set aside in colander. Then place the pot back on the heat, boil water and cook the diced butternut squash until soft. Drain the water from the squash, add the chicken broth and blend with hand blender. Once blended add the cream. (If you dont have a hand blender, add all this to a blender and blend until smooth and return back to the pot.
4. Going back to the skillet, once bacon is crisp, remove and set aside. Drain some of the fat from the pan. Add your onions and garlic and seasoning (except paprika) and cook until onions are translucent. This is for about 5 min. Then add your wine to deglaze. Turn off heat.
5. Going back to the pot with the butternut squash puree, once it's warmed through add 2 cups of your shredded cheese and your paprika and stir. Remove from heat. Add your onion mixture to the pot. Mix to combine.
6. Add your cooked macaroni to your cheesy sauce and mix. Stir in half of your crumbled bacon.
7. Pour everything back into your oven safe skillet (or leave it in the pot IF its oven proof) top your mac with the remaining cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake in oven at 375°F for 30-35min or until bubbly and brown.

Asparagus and sharp white cheddar cheese pair perfectly in this Asparagus and Bacon Macaroni and Cheese. Craving Mac and Cheese and Mexican? When the bacon is cool enough to touch, crumble and set aside. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil. Add the onions and butternut squash, stirring frequently.

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