Butternut Squash + Honey Ricotta + Brown Butter Sage Alfredo Stuffed Pasta
Fall in a dish. It's sweet, savory, and cozy. You'll be craving this all year round.
Ingredients
Roasted Butternut Squash
- 1 butternut squash peeled and cubed
- olive oil for drizzling
- ½ t sea salt
- ½ t pepper
Honey Whipped Ricotta
- 1 30 oz. tub ricotta cheese
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 4 t honey
- ¼ t sea salt
- ¼ t pepper
- ¼ t nutmeg
- ¼ t cinnamon
- ¼ t thyme
- ½ t sage
- ½ t rosemary
Brown Butter Sage Alfredo
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 ½ cups parmesan cheese
- ¼ t sea salt
- ¼ t pepper
- ¼ t nutmeg
- ½ t sage
- 1 T honey
- ¼ cup pasta water
Other
- 1 lb. stuffing shells or manicotti
Instructions
Roasted Butternut Squash
- Preheat your oven to 400° F.
- Lay your cubed butternut squash out on a baking sheet.
- Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Mix it up.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
Honey Whipped Ricotta
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, add the cream cheese to a bowl and whip it until it's smooth.
- Add the ricotta cheese and whip the cream cheese and ricotta together until it's fluffy.
- Add the honey, sea salt, black pepper, rosemary, sage, thyme, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Whip it until it's all combined and adjust to your taste!
Brown Butter Sage Alfredo
- Start boiling your noodles.
- In a pan, melt your butter, Keep heating until it becomes a light golden brown and gets foamy. It will start to smell nutty.
- Add the heavy cream and make sure it's fully incorporated.
- Add the parmesan cheese and mix it until all of the cheese is melted and fully incorporated into the sauce.
- Add the sea salt, pepper, nutmeg, sage, and honey. Combine.
- Add the pasta water. Combine.
Assembly
- Spread some alfredo sauce on the bottom of a baking dish.
- Make sure the noodles are cooled down. Spoon or pipe the honey whipped ricotta into the stuffed shells or manicotti.
- Using your hands, place 2-3 butternut squash into the stuffed shell or manicotti.
- Placed the finished shell or manicotti into the baking dish.
- Repeat with all noodles.
- Spoon the rest of the alfredo sauce over the shells or manicotti.
- Broil in the oven until lightly browned.