Brown Butter Butternut Squash Pasta

5 from 4 votes

This brown butter and sage butternut squash pasta is the perfect easy weeknight dinner. Who doesn't love pasta one (or more!) nights a weeks! This has a tomato-free sauce and is full of flavour from the nutty butter, herbs and squash. Can easily be gluten-free using appropriate pasta or spaghetti.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish

Cuisine: American, British, Italian

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 395kcal

Author: Claire

Equipment

Skillet
Pot
Colander

Ingredients

1 cup butternut squash cut into 1 cm cubes
4 oz spaghetti pasta or pasta of your choice
3 tablespoon butter
½ white onion finely diced
1 garlic clove finely diced, optional
3 sage leaves finely diced
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon fresh parsley finely diced.
salt to taste
black pepper to taste, optional

Instructions

Cook your spaghetti according to packet instructions.
While the pasta is cooking melt the butter in a skillet at a gentle heat. When it begins to foam and bubble, add the onion, garlic and thyme. Reduce the heat slightly and stir well. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the onion has softened.
Add the cubed butternut squash to the skillet. Stir well and cook on a low-medium heat so the butter is slightly bubbling. Cook for 8-10 minutes or until the squash has softened. Add the sage and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Drain the pasta and add to the skillet with the butternut squash mixture. Stir well to combine.
Plate up the pasta, season with salt and pepper if using, and sprinkle over the parsley. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

Go slowly with the brown butter, keeping to a gentle heat.
Dice the butternut squash into fairly small pieces so they soak up the sauce and cook through.
Adjust the amount of sage to taste preference.
If you don't have fresh sage leaves, then dried sage works well too. I would recommend using a bit less as it is more pungent dried. So around half to full tsp, depending upon your preference.
Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.

Swiss Interest Group Histamine Intolerance

All ingredients in this recipe for brown butter and sage butternut squash pasta score 0 on the SIGHI list with the exception of:

wheat (for the pasta), which scores 1 and has a ? as a liberator.
black pepper, which scores 2.
garlic, which scores 1.

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