Recipe of Favorite 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese

3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese.

Hello everybody, it's Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It's appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They're nice and they look fantastic. 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese is something that I've loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 3 cheese butternut squash mac & cheese using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:

1. {Make ready of medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed (about 3 cups).
2. {Make ready of olive oil.
3. {Get of dry macaroni or other pasta of choice (I used Italian Cavatappi or "corkscrew pasta").
4. {Make ready of For the Sauce.
5. {Prepare of butter.
6. {Get of all purpose flour.
7. {Prepare of milk.
8. {Prepare of dijon mustard.
9. {Get of salt.
10. {Prepare of white pepper.
11. {Prepare of cayenne pepper (optional for a kick!).
12. {Prepare of garlic powder.
13. {Get of freshly grated nutmeg (or ground nutmeg is fine).
14. {Get of fresh thyme leaves(or dried is fine).
15. {Get of Monterey Jack cheese, grated.
16. {Prepare of Smoked Gouda, grated.
17. {Take of Gruyere cheese, grated.
18. {Get of panko breadcrumbs.

Steps to make 3 Cheese Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese:

1. Preheat oven to 400 °..
2. Toss squash with olive oil and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for about 30 minutes, turning halfway through until squash is tender..
3. Cook pasta according to the package instructions. Usually about 5-7 minutes until al dente depending on the pasta you choose. Drain pasta and set aside..
4. In a large pot over medium high heat, melt butter. Whisk in the flour. Your flour mixture at this point will be thick, lumpy and dry..
5. Slowly whisk in the milk a little at a time. Add the dijon mustard and spices. Constantly stir until the flour mixture comes to a boil about 5-7 minutes and thickens..
6. Add in cheeses, squash and pasta. Stir just enough to coat and cheese is slightly melted..
7. Pour your mac & cheese into an oven proof baking dish. Top with panko breadcrumbs and bake for 20 minutes. If you want, you can just put the mac & cheese under the broiler too for about 2-3 minutes to toast the panko breadcrumbs on top and be done with it. I like to bake mine a little longer until all the cheeses are very melty through the whole dish..

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