{"id":345,"date":"2019-01-22T14:35:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=345"},"modified":"2019-07-11T12:48:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T12:48:58","slug":"this-weeks-meat-free-recipe-butternut-squash-and-sage-macaroni-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/this-weeks-meat-free-recipe-butternut-squash-and-sage-macaroni-cheese\/meat-free-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s meat free recipe: Butternut squash and sage\u00a0macaroni cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color: #97d66b; font-size: 27px;\">Butternut squash and sage\u00a0macaroni cheese<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868-624x413.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_746568868-750x497.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Serves: 6-8 people<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Ingredients\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredients-list__item\">1 large butternut squash (deseeded and cut into chunks)<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp olive oil plus a little extra<\/li>\n<li>1 onion (finely chopped)<\/li>\n<li>15 sage leaves (6 finely chopped)<\/li>\n<li>85g butter<\/li>\n<li>85g plain flour<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredients-list__item\">2 tsp English mustard powder<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredients-list__item\">1l semi-skimmed milk<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredients-list__item\">250g pack extra mature or mature cheddar\u00a0 (grated)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredients-list__item\">450g macaroni<\/li>\n<li>50g parmesan\u00a0(or vegetarian alternative) (finely grated)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat oven to 180C\/160C fan\/gas 4. Toss two-thirds of the butternut squash with the olive oil and seasoning, and roast for 20 minutes\u00a0until nearly tender. Chop the remaining squash coarsely(mixed sizes), put in a heatproof bowl with 100ml water and cover with cling film. Microwave on High for 8-10 minutes until tender. Drain and mash.<\/li>\n<li>Fry the onion in a knob of butter until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes.\u00a0Stir in the chopped sage and cook for 1 minute more,\u00a0then add the remaining butter to melt. Stir in the flour and mustard powder, and cook for 1 minute until it forms a paste. Gradually whisk in splashes of milk (you can add in bigger additions as you go) until you have a smooth sauce. Bubble, stirring constantly, for 3-5 minutes until thickened. Take off the heat and whisk in the mashed squash, 200g of the cheddar and half the Parmesan. Season to taste.<\/li>\n<li class=\"method__item\">\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Cook the macaroni following pack instructions. Drain well, then stir into the sauce with the roasted squash. Tip into a baking dish and scatter with the remaining cheese and sage leaves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"method__item\">\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Heat oven to 180C\/160C fan\/gas 4 again. Splash the sage leaves with oil and bake for 40 minutes until bubbling and golden on top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butternut squash and sage\u00a0macaroni cheese Serves: 6-8 people Ingredients\u00a0 1 large butternut squash (deseeded and cut into chunks) 2 tsp olive oil plus a little extra 1 onion (finely chopped) 15 sage leaves (6 finely chopped) 85g butter 85g plain flour 2 tsp English mustard powder 1l semi-skimmed milk 250g pack extra mature or mature&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7,12,13],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meat-free-recipes","tag-meat-free","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegetarian-eating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":660,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}