Cheesy Bacon and Butternut Squash Pasta Bake
Cheesy Bacon and Butternut Squash Pasta Bake

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cheesy bacon and butternut squash pasta bake using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheesy Bacon and Butternut Squash Pasta Bake:
  1. Prepare 700 g butternut squash, diced
  2. Take 2 tbsp olive oil
  3. Get 300 g dried pasta - fusilli, macaroni, congliche, bowties etc
  4. Prepare 150 g grated mature cheddar
  5. Make ready 50 g cream cheese
  6. Get some reserved pasta water
  7. Make ready 6 rashers streaky bacon
  8. Take to taste black pepper
Instructions to make Cheesy Bacon and Butternut Squash Pasta Bake:
  1. Preheat the oven to gas 6 / 200C / 400F and line a roasting tin with foil
  2. Spread out the squash, drizzle with the oil and roast for 30 minutes until tender
  3. Before the squash finishes roasting, cook the pasta as per the packet instructions
  4. Fry the bacon and garlic until crispy
  5. Put the squash in a blender with the grated cheese (keep a handful back for topping) and the cream cheese
  6. Puree with enough of the reserved pasta water to make a smooth sauce
  7. Season to taste with black pepper
  8. Drain the pasta then pour the squash sauce over it and gently mix to coat
  9. Pour into an ovenproof dish and top with the remaining cheese
  10. Bake in the oven (same temperature) until the cheese melts on top, then serve with salad or green vegetables.

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