{"id":724,"date":"2019-08-09T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T09:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=724"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:01:21","slug":"this-weeks-meat-free-recipe-butternut-squash-sage-macaroni-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/this-weeks-meat-free-recipe-butternut-squash-sage-macaroni-cheese\/meat-free-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Meat Free Recipe: Butternut squash &#038; sage macaroni cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color: #97d66b; font-size: 27px;\">Butternut squash &amp; sage macaroni cheese<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-726 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/08\/recipes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/08\/recipes.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2019\/08\/recipes-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Serves 6-8<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Ingredients\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 large butternut squash (deseeded and cut into chunks)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 onion (finely chopped)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15 sage leaves (6 finely chopped)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">85g butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2 tsp English mustard powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">85g plain flour\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1L of semi skimmed milk\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">50g parmesan\/vegetarian alternative (finely grated)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">250g pack of extra mature or mature cheese (grated)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">450g macaroni<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"method__list\">\n<li class=\"method__item\">\n<div title=\"Page 1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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 until nearly soft. Chop the remaining squash coarsely, 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.<\/span><\/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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fry the onion in a knob of butter until softened but not browned &#8211; about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped sage and cook for 1 minute more, then 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 dashings 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.<\/span><\/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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/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><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butternut squash &amp; sage macaroni cheese \u00a0 Serves 6-8 Ingredients\u00a0 1 large butternut squash (deseeded and cut into chunks) 1 onion (finely chopped) 15 sage leaves (6 finely chopped) 85g butter 2 tsp English mustard powder 85g plain flour\u00a0 1L of semi skimmed milk\u00a0 50g parmesan\/vegetarian alternative (finely grated) 250g pack of extra mature or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":725,"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":[53,7,38,12],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meat-free-recipes","tag-food","tag-meat-free","tag-recipes","tag-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","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=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}