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You'll need these goodies: Center-Cut Bacon, Extra Sharp Cheddar, Parmesan Cheese, Cubed Butternut Squash, a small yellow onion, Elbow Macaroni, Dry Mustard, Salt & Pepper, and pinch'a Nutmeg. Didn't make the cut for the photo: Chicken Broth and Lowfat Milk. A teeny tiny note on cheese: You really While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have butternut squash mac and cheese with bacon using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon:

1. Prepare 3 cups macaroni noodles
2. Take 2 cups diced butternut squash
3. Make ready 1 lbs bacon, diced
4. Get 1 onion, diced
5. Get 5 cloves garlic, minced
6. Take 1.5 tsp dried thyme
7. Make ready 1/2 tsp nutmeg
8. Prepare 1 tsp paprika
9. Take 1/4 cup white wine
10. Prepare to taste Salt and pepper
11. Make ready 1/2 cup heavy cream
12. Take 1/2 cup chicken stock
13. Get 1.5 cups shredded mozzarella
14. Get 1 cups gruyere cheese

Crumble some bacon on top and you've got yourself a hit! If you love mac and cheese but want a healthier version, you are going to love this recipe. Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt. While pasta is cooking, heat oil in large skillet on medium heat.

Steps to make Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese with Bacon:

1. In a large pot, cook pasta just shy of el dente
2. Meanwhile in an oven proof skillet, brown bacon.
3. Once the pasta is cooked, drain and set aside in colander. Then place the pot back on the heat, boil water and cook the diced butternut squash until soft. Drain the water from the squash, add the chicken broth and blend with hand blender. Once blended add the cream. (If you dont have a hand blender, add all this to a blender and blend until smooth and return back to the pot.
4. Going back to the skillet, once bacon is crisp, remove and set aside. Drain some of the fat from the pan. Add your onions and garlic and seasoning (except paprika) and cook until onions are translucent. This is for about 5 min. Then add your wine to deglaze. Turn off heat.
5. Going back to the pot with the butternut squash puree, once it's warmed through add 2 cups of your shredded cheese and your paprika and stir. Remove from heat. Add your onion mixture to the pot. Mix to combine.
6. Add your cooked macaroni to your cheesy sauce and mix. Stir in half of your crumbled bacon.
7. Pour everything back into your oven safe skillet (or leave it in the pot IF its oven proof) top your mac with the remaining cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake in oven at 375°F for 30-35min or until bubbly and brown.

This comforting baked butternut squash mac and cheese with apples and bacon will up your body and soul on any chilly fall evening. Philadelphia weather can be so weird. From the beginning of September through the end of November (and sometimes even into December), you can't really predict what it will be like. Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Place squash in a large saucepan; add water to cover.

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