Butternut Squash Flan With Parmesan Sage Sauce Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SAUCE WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Cut the butternut squash in half lengthwise to remove the seeds and strings. Peel the skin using a paring knife and cut the squash into small cubes.
• Place the olive oil and shallots in a deep skillet over medium heat. When the shallots begin to color, add the squash and season with salt and pepper. Saute a few minutes to lightly caramelize the surface of the cubes. Add the bay leaf, nutmeg, sage, and chicken broth. Cover the pan and cook until the squash is tender but still holding its shape, about 8 minutes.
• Puree the sauce with a standard or immersion blender and serve with potato gnocchi. Top with grated cheese and chopped chestnuts before serving. If desired, fry some sage and shallots in olive oil to garnish.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH FLAN WITH PARMESAN SAGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
• Roast squash, cut sides down, in a lightly oiled shallow baking pan until neck is tender, about 1 hour. Remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Cool squash to warm.
• Butter an 8- by 2-inch round cake pan. Line bottom with a round of parchment or wax paper and butter paper.
• Scoop flesh from squash, discarding skin, and purée in a food processor until smooth, about 45 seconds. Put 2 cups purée in a bowl, then whisk in whole eggs, 1 cup half-and-half, 2 tablespoons cheese, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper until combined.
• Pour squash mixture into cake pan and bake in a water bath until just set and a wooden pick or skewer comes out almost clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from water bath and cool flan in pan on a rack 15 minutes. Invert a flat plate over flan, then invert flan onto plate and carefully remove parchment.
• Meanwhile, bring whole sage leaves and remaining cup half-and-half just to a simmer in a 1- to 2-quart heavy saucepan, then remove from heat and let steep, covered, 10 minutes.
• Remove sage, carefully squeezing leaves to extract liquid, and discard leaves.
• Whisk yolks into half-and-half and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until sauce is thick enough to coat back of spoon and registers 170 to 175°F on thermometer, about 4 minutes (do not let boil).
• Immediately pour sauce through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then add remaining 1/2 cup cheese and chopped sage, stirring until cheese is melted. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Cut flan into wedges with a thin knife, wiping knife clean after each slice. Serve flan with sauce.

CREAMY BUTTERNUT SQUASH PASTA WITH SAGE AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the squash and garlic on a sheet pan. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Toss well and roast until the squash is very tender, 30 to 35 minutes, tossing twice throughout. While the squash roasts, bring a large pot of water to boil.
• Meanwhile, in a large (12-inch) skillet, heat the remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium. When the oil is hot, add the sage and cook, tossing often, until the leaves begin to crisp, about 1 minute. Add the walnuts and a generous sprinkle of salt and cook, tossing often, until the sage leaves are lightly browned and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sage and nuts to a paper towel-lined plate and wipe out the skillet. Let the mixture drain for 1 minute, then add it to a small bowl with the lemon zest; toss lightly and set aside.
• Working in batches if necessary, transfer the roasted squash and garlic to a blender or food processor, along with 1 cup stock, and blend until smooth and thick. The consistency should be somewhere between a purée and a thick soup. Add more stock as needed, if it seems too thick.
• Transfer the puréed squash to the reserved skillet and keep warm over very low heat. Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water, along with 1 tablespoon salt, and cook until al dente. Just before draining, ladle 1/2 cup pasta water into a measuring cup and set aside.
• Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Toss to coat the pasta evenly, then, off the heat, add the 1/2 cup Parmesan and toss until the cheese is incorporated. Add a few tablespoons of the reserved pasta water if the sauce seems too thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide the pasta among shallow bowls and sprinkle the sage, walnut and lemon zest mixture on top, and serve with extra Parmesan on the side.

BUTTERNUT GRATIN WITH PARMESAN-SAGE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir 6-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Add squash; cook 2 minutes longer. Sprinkle with sugar, salt, pepper and nutmeg; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until squash is lightly browned., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Pour stock over top. Bake, covered, 20-30 minutes or until squash is tender., Meanwhile, in a bowl, toss bread crumbs with cheese and seasnings. Sprinkle over vegetables. Bake, uncovered, 10-12 minutes longer or until topping is golden brown.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH FLAN

Steps:

• Melt butter and cooked onion on medium heat until golden brown and caramelized.
• Warm up the milk and dissolve the bouillon cube in it.
• Boil the milk and add the cornstarch previously dissolved in a ¼ cup of cold milk.
• Stir and cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add the onion, Parmesan cheese, chopped ham and squash puree.
• Mix well and let it come to room temperature.
• Meanwhile beat eggs, with pepper and nutmeg.
• Add eggs to previous mixture.
• Spray 8 small flan moulds (or Ramequins) with vegetable oil and fill with the mix, leaving ½ inch from the border.
• Cook in a 350 oven in a water bath for 30 to 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let sit for a few minutes and remove flans by inverting them.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH FLAN WITH PARMESAN SAGE SAUCE

Steps:

• You will also need an instant read or candy thermometer.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F; Roast squash, cut sides down in a lightly oiled shallow baking dish until neck is tender, about 1 hour; remove from oven and reduce oven temperature to 325°F; Cool squash to warm.
• Butter an 8-by-2-inch round cake pan; line with bottom with parchment or wax paper and butter paper.
• Scoop flesh from squash, discard skin, and puree in a food processor until smooth, about 45 seconds: Put 2 cups puree into bowl, then whisk in whole eggs, 1 cup half and half, 2 tablespoons cheese, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper until combined.
• Pour squash mixture into cake pan and bake in a water bath until just set and a wooden tooth pick comes out almost clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour; remove from water and cool flan on rack 15 minutes, invert a flat plate over flan, then invert flan onto plate and carefully remove parchment paper.
• Meanwhile, bring whole sage leaves and remaining cup of half and half just to simmer in a 1-to 2-quart heavy saucepan, then remove from heat and let steep, covered 10 minutes; Remove sage, carefully squeezing leaves to extract liquid, and discard leaves.
• Whisk yolks into half and half and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until sauce is thick enough to coat back of spoon and register 170 to 175 degrees on thermometer, about 4 minutes (DO-NOT let boil).
• Immediately pour sauce through a fine sieve into a bowl, then add remaining 1/2 cup cheese and chopped sage, stirring until cheese is melted, stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Cut flan into wedges with a thin knife, wiping knife clean after each slice; Serve flan with sauce.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH, PARMESAN, AND SAGE PIZZAS

Steps:

• Make pizza dough:
• In a large bowl stir together water and yeast and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Stir in flour and salt and blend until mixture forms a dough, adding additional tablespoon water if too dry. On a lightly floured surface knead dough about 10 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. (Alternatively, dough may be made in a standing electric mixer. In bowl of mixer make dough as described above. With dough hook knead dough about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic.)
• Put dough in a very lightly oiled deep bowl, turning to coat, and let rise, covered loosely, in a warm place 1 1/2 hours, or until doubled in bulk. Punch down dough and divide into 4 equal pieces. Dough keeps, each piece put in a small, sealable plastic bag and sealed, pressing out excess air, chilled overnight or frozen 2 weeks. If dough is frozen, thaw overnight in refrigerator before using. Makes enough dough for four 12- by 6-inch oval pizzas.
• Make the pizza:
• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• In a bowl toss squash with oil and salt and pepper to taste. Spread squash in one layer in a shallow baking pan and roast in middle of oven, stirring once halfway through roasting, 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove pan from oven and loosen squash with a metal spatula. Squash may be roasted 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• In a medium heavy saucepan stir together milk and flour and bring to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring constantly. Simmer sauce, stirring, 2 minutes and stir in nutmeg and salt to taste. Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Increase temperature to 500°F.
• On a work surface sprinkled with 1 teaspoon cornmeal roll out 1 piece of dough into a 12- by 6-inch oval and transfer to a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cornmeal and dough, ending up with 2 ovals on each of 2 baking sheets.
• Spread sauce on dough ovals, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edge of each pizza, and sprinkle with Parmesan, squash, chopped sage, garlic, and pepper.
• Bake pizzas in lower and middle thirds of oven 15 minutes, or until crusts are crisp and pale golden. Garnish pizzas with sage sprigs.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP WITH SAGE AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, leeks and garlic and cook them until they are soft.
• Add the vegetable or chicken stock, Parmesan pieces or rinds and simmer 15 to 20 minutes. Add the butternut squash, sage, bay leaf, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne. Cook until the squash is tender (about 10 to 15 minutes).
• Remove the bay leaf and the cheese and puree one quarter of the soup in a food processor and return it to the stock pot (the cheese -- not the rind -- can be crumbled or grated as a garnish for the soup). Heat through and correct seasoning. Garnish the soup with scallions and serve. Pass the freshly grated Parmesan separately.