Emily English's Butternut squash mac and cheese recipe

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Emily English's Butternut squash mac and cheese recipe

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“This is a recipe I’ve been doing for years,” says Emily English. “It’s the perfect healthy comfort food, made for sharing and using lovely M&S Eat Well ingredients.” Try Emily’s fibre-rich version of the comfort food classic, with vibrant butternut squash and a crunchy thyme crumb.
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“This is a recipe I’ve been doing for years,” says Emily English. “It’s the perfect healthy comfort food, made for sharing and using lovely M&S Eat Well ingredients.” Try Emily’s fibre-rich version of the comfort food classic, with vibrant butternut squash and a crunchy thyme crumb.
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Emily English
Emily English, AKA @emthenutritionist, has taken Instagram by storm with her viral recipes that combine healthy benefits with off-the-scale deliciousness.

1HR 15MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
4
1
butternut squash
1 tbsp
olive oil
1 tbsp
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour
600 ml
M&S Remarksable Value semi-skimmed milk
1 tsp
M&S pure honey
40 g
grana padano, finely grated
or a vegetarian alternative
40 g
M&S Remarksable Value British extra mature cheddar, finely grated
200 g
M&S high fibre fusilloni
For the topping
1 slice
M&S super-seeded bread
2 sprigs
M&S fresh thyme, leaves picked
1 tsp
garlic granules
1 tsp
olive oil
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
step 2
Halve the butternut squash (1) lengthways and remove the seeds. Score the flesh, place on a large baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and roast for 35–40 minutes.
step 3
To make the cheese sauce, heat a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the olive oil (1 tbsp), then the flour (1 tbsp), and cook for 2-3 minutes until it smells nutty. Slowly whisk in the milk (600 ml) and simmer, whisking occasionally, until you have a thick sauce. Stir through the honey (1 tsp), grana padano (40 g) and cheddar (40 g), then season to taste.
step 4
Remove the cooked squash from the oven, scoop out the flesh, and add it to the sauce. Blitz with a hand blender or transfer to a food processor until smooth.
step 5
Meanwhile, bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the pasta (200 g) and cook for 8–11 minutes, until al dente, then drain. Mix the pasta through the sauce and transfer to a 20cm x 20cm baking dish.
step 6
Blitz the bread (1 slice) into crumbs, then add the thyme leaves (2 sprigs), garlic granules (1 tsp), olive oil (1 tsp), and a pinch of salt. Sprinkle over the mac and cheese.
step 7
Bake for 25 minutes, until golden and bubbling.
step 7 Bake for 25 minutes, until golden and bubbling.

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