Pasta With Butternut Squash and Sage Brown Butter
Delicious pasta dish featuring butternut squash and sage in a rich brown butter sauce.
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 servings
Calories 450 kcal
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into ½-inch cubes (450 g; about ½ large squash)
- Kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (30 g)
- 1 small shallot, finely minced (about 1 ounce; 30 g)
- 1 handful fresh sage leaves, finely minced (about ½ ounce; 15 g)
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lemon (15 ml)
- 1 pound small cupped, tubular, or ridged pasta (450 g, such as orecchiette, penne, farfalle, or rotini)
- 1 ounce grated fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (30 g)
Heat olive oil in a large stainless steel or cast-iron skillet over high heat until very lightly smoking. Immediately add squash, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring and tossing occasionally, until well-browned and squash is tender, about 5 minutes. Add butter and shallot and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until butter is lightly browned and smells nutty, about 1 minute longer. Add sage and stir to combine (sage should crackle and let off a great aroma). Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan, combine pasta with enough room temperature or hot water to cover by about 2 inches. Season with salt. Set over high heat and bring to a boil while stirring frequently. Cook, stirring frequently, until pasta is just shy of al dente, about 2 minutes less than the package directions. Drain pasta, reserving a couple cups of the starchy cooking liquid.
Add pasta to skillet with squash along with a splash of pasta water. Bring to a simmer over high heat and cook until the pasta is perfectly al dente, stirring and tossing constantly and adding a splash of water as needed to keep the sauce loose and shiny. Off heat, stir in Parmigiano-Reggiano. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and texture with more pasta water as needed. Serve immediately, top with more cheese at the table.
Serving: 1servingCalories: 450kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 12gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 300mgPotassium: 600mgFiber: 4gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 10mg
Keyword brown butter, butternut squash, Italian Recipe, Pasta, Pasta With Butternut Squash and Sage Brown Butter, sage