Acorn Squash Lasagna
- 4 lbs acorn squash
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 34 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 dash nutmeg
- 12 teaspoon dried sage
- 14 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 14 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 (15 ounce) container part-skim ricotta cheese
- 12 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 8 no-boil lasagna noodles
- To make the squash puree: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place squash, uncut, on a rimmed baking sheet; bake, turning occasionally, until very tender when pierced with the tip of a paring knife, about 1 hour.
- When cool enough to handle, halve each squash, scoop out, and discard the seeds; scrape out flesh from squash halves, and transfer to a food processor and process until smooth.
- Season with butter, salt, and a sprinkle of nutmeg.
- At this point, you could eat some, but reserve 4 cups of puree for the lasagna.
- To make the lasagna: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray an 8 square baking dish with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix 4 cups of squash puree with sage, pepper, and salt.
- In another bowl, mix ricotta with 1/2 cup of Parmesan; set aside.
- Lay 2 lasagna noodles in the bottom of prepared dish; spread with half the squash mixture.
- Layer with 2 more noodles, and spread with half the ricotta mixture.
- Repeat layering with remaining noodles , puree, noodles, and ricotta mixture.
- Cover baking dish with foil; place on a rimmed baking sheet.
- Bake until lasagna is heated through, about 45 minutes, remove foil, and continue baking until golden on top, 20-25 minutes more.
acorn squash, butter, kosher salt, nutmeg, sage, black pepper, kosher salt, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, lasagna noodles
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/acorn-squash-lasagna-277615 (may not work)