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Roasted Butternut Squash Lasagna

Source of Recipe

Gourmet Magazine


List of Ingredients

3 pounds butternut squash, seed, peel -- cut 1/2" dice
3 tablespoons oil
4 cups milk
2 tablespoons dried rosemary, crumbled
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1/4 cup unsalted butter
4 tablespoons flour
9 dry no boil lasagna noodles
1 1/4 cups fresh grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt


Recipe

Preheat over to 450ºF and oil 2 large shallow baking pans. In a large bowl, toss squash with oil until coated well and spread in one layer in pans. Roast squash in over 10 minutes and season with salt. Stir squash and roast 10 to 15 minutes more, or until tender and beginning to turn golden. While squash is roasting, in a saucepan bring milk to a simmer with rosemary. Heat milk mixture over low heat 10 minutes and pour through a sieve into a large pitcher or measuring cup.

In a large heavy saucepan, cook garlic in butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened. Stir in four and cook roux, stirring, 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and whish in milk mixture in a stream until smooth. Return pan to heat and simmer sauce, whisking occasionally, about 10 minutes, or until thick. Stir in squash and salt and pepper, to taste. Sauce may be made 3 days ahead and chilled, its surface covered with plastic wrap.

Reduce temperature to 375ºF and butter a baking dish, 13 by 9 by 2-inches. Pour 1 cup sauce into baking dish (sauce will not cover bottom completely) and cover with 3 lasagne sheets, making sure they do not touch each other. Spread half of remaining sauce over past and sprinkle with 1/2 cup Parmesan. Make 1 more layer in same manner, beginning and ending with pasta.

In a bowl with an electric mixer beat cream with salt until it holds soft peaks and spread evenly over top pasta layer, making sure pasta is completely covered. Sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup Parmesan over cream. Cover dish tightly with foil, tenting slightly to prevent foil from touching top layer, and bake in middle of over 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake lasagne 10 minutes more, or until top is bubbling and golden. Let lasagne stand 5 minutes. Yield: 6 as main course, 12 as side dish