Ingredients (2 portions)
- 150g dry short pasta (eg, penne, garganell, conchiglie….)
- 4 rashers bacon cut into small squares
- 1/2 large-ish butternut squash peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes
- 120g feta cheese
- 2 whole garlic cloves, skin on
- 250 milk (whole preferably)
- 8-10 rosemary leaves
Method
- Preheat Oven to Gas Mark 6
- Place the squash and garlic in an ovenproof dish and roast until tender (about 25 minutes).
- While the squash is roasting, fry the bacon and cook the pasta in salted water as normal.
- Place 3/4 of the feta in the blender with the milk, and the rosemary leaves. Squeeze the garlic out of its skin and place it in the blender. Blend until the mixture is smooth and the rosemary is very finely minced.
- Add the squash a little at a time and blend. The squash will thicken the mixture. When the sauce is about as thick as single cream, stop adding squash (you’ll probably need 1/2- 3/4 of it). The idea is the sauce should coat the pasta lightly.
- Thoroughly mix the pasta, bacon and sauce together with the remaining squash and feta pieces.
- Serve, garnished with more rosemary.
Ingredients (2 portions)
- 150g dry short pasta (eg, penne, garganell, conchiglie….)
- 4 rashers bacon cut into small squares
- 1/2 large-ish butternut squash peeled and cut into 1 cm cubes
- 120g feta cheese
- 2 whole garlic cloves, skin on
- 250 milk (whole preferably)
- 8-10 rosemary leaves
Method
- Preheat Oven to Gas Mark 6
- Place the squash and garlic in an ovenproof dish and roast until tender (about 25 minutes).
- While the squash is roasting, fry the bacon and cook the pasta in salted water as normal.
- Place 3/4 of the feta in the blender with the milk, and the rosemary leaves. Squeeze the garlic out of its skin and place it in the blender. Blend until the mixture is smooth and the rosemary is very finely minced.
- Add the squash a little at a time and blend. The squash will thicken the mixture. When the sauce is about as thick as single cream, stop adding squash (you’ll probably need 1/2- 3/4 of it). The idea is the sauce should coat the pasta lightly.
- Thoroughly mix the pasta, bacon and sauce together with the remaining squash and feta pieces.
- Serve, garnished with more rosemary.
