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    You are here: Home / Mains / Spinach & Ricotta Pasta With Roast Butternut Squash & Red Onion

    Spinach & Ricotta Pasta With Roast Butternut Squash & Red Onion

    Published: Jan 22, 2015 · Modified: Nov 2, 2019

    spinach, ricotta & butternut squash pasta

    Shock! Horror! A savoury recipe from me that doesn't involve pastry! I haven't really posted any meal recipes on Domestic Gothess yet, that doesn't mean that I don't eat savoury food (unfortunately one cannot live on cake alone...), or that I don't cook (I do, a lot), it is just that unlike when I bake, where everything is weighed out and timed precisely, my cooking style tends to be somewhat more haphazard...I don't weigh ingredients, or time how long things take to cook, or follow recipes; my method is generally to chuck things in a pan and cook them until they look done. That's not to say that I am a bad cook - my cooking tastes good, I'm just not particularly precise about it.

    roast butternut, spinach & ricotta pasta

    Which is why up until now I haven't posted any non-baked recipes, because it involves changing the whole way I cook - weighing things and timing processes and making notes, and generally when I cook I just want to get it done - because I'm hungry! So I thought I'd ease myself into the different cooking style by making a recipe that I have cooked many times before, that I pretty much know the quantities and timings of off by heart. And that dish is spinach and ricotta pasta with roast butternut squash and red onion.

    spinach, ricotta and butternut squash pasta

    It is a very quick, simple dish to prepare but is also delicious, filling and super healthy - it is jam packed full of colourful vegetables and I use wholewheat pasta to make it that little bit healthier and more filling. It does contain cheese, but ricotta is fairly low calorie and parmesan is strongly flavoured so you don't need to use a vast quantity of it for the flavour to come through - besides, cheese is high in protein! This recipe quantity serves four hungry people but you could probably stretch it to serve six (small portions) if you also have sides.

    roast butternut squash, red onion, spinach & ricotta pasta

    Serves 4.

    Ingredients:

    • 1 butternut squash, about 1.2kg unprepared weight
    • 1 large red onion
    • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
    • ½ tsp dried thyme
    • couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary
    • 2 tbsp olive oil
    • 350g (12 oz) pasta (I used wholemeal)
    • 350g (12 oz) fresh spinach
    • 250g (9 oz) ricotta cheese
    • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
    • parmesan/grana padano cheese, to taste
    • salt and pepper

    Heat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.
    Peel the butternut squash and scrape out the seeds, cut into chunks and tip into a large roasting tin, slice the red onion and add to the tin along with the garlic, herbs, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Toss everything together to coat then roast in the oven for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
    Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet.
    Wash and shred the spinach then wilt it in a hot, dry pan. Pour off any excess water, then stir in the ricotta, nutmeg, a generous grating of parmesan and some salt and pepper, heat through.
    Drain the cooked pasta and stir into the spinach mixture, add the roasted vegetables.
    Check the seasoning and add more parmesan, salt and pepper as needed.

     

    spinach & ricotta pasta with butternut squash & red onion

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    1. mylifecookbook

      January 23, 2015 at 11:20 am

      This looks heavenly. I started making my own ricotta but I don't have many recipes to use it with. i'm definitely pinning this. Thanks! (found you on Foodie Friday).

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 23, 2015 at 7:20 pm

        Thank you 🙂 I've been meaning to try making my own cheese, I think ricotta is probably a good one to start with

        Reply
    2. Helen at Casa Costello

      January 23, 2015 at 8:17 pm

      Mmm I could just devour Roasted Butternut Squash right now! I'm like you with non-baked food - It sometimes works, it sometimes doesn't! I'm tempted to try a non-cheese version of this lovely looking meal. Thanks loads for Joining in with #FoodieFriday x

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 25, 2015 at 12:06 pm

        I love roasted butternut squash 🙂 I like to roast it until it is just starting to blacken around the edges...yum!

        Reply
    3. Truly Madly Kids (@TrulyMadly7)

      January 27, 2015 at 11:16 am

      Delicious! I've recently given up meat so great to see meals like this #tastytuesdays

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 27, 2015 at 9:55 pm

        Thank you 🙂 I've been vegetarian my whole life so I've got plenty more up my sleeve to blog (when I get bored of making cakes...)

        Reply
    4. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins

      January 27, 2015 at 12:51 pm

      Oh wow this looks so good!! It would go down well here x #TastyTuesdays

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 27, 2015 at 9:55 pm

        Thank you 🙂 x

        Reply
    5. claremansell

      January 27, 2015 at 1:43 pm

      I love butternut squash and I'm always looking for quick ideas for weeknight suppers. I shall be pinning this!

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 27, 2015 at 9:56 pm

        Me too 🙂 I eat it at least twice a week!

        Reply
    6. Laura @ Life with Baby Kicks

      January 28, 2015 at 6:23 am

      looks delicious! Definitely one to try x

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        January 29, 2015 at 9:02 pm

        thank you 🙂

        Reply
    7. Sue

      January 30, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      Beautiful, and looks absolutely delicious. Your photographs are wonderful!

      Reply
    8. polianthus

      January 30, 2015 at 2:47 pm

      looks wonderful and is sure to be healthy as well yum!

      Reply
    9. Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake

      January 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      Oooh looks yummy! And I'm the same way when I cook!

      Reply
    10. chefjulianna

      January 30, 2015 at 6:27 pm

      OMG! If I eat this, how will I have room for your beautiful cake???? :/

      Reply
    11. Nancy

      January 30, 2015 at 7:08 pm

      This looks like the perfect blend of ingredients to create one fabulous dish, Hannah! Beautiful, tempting photos as well. Thanks for providing a delicious entree for the FF Anniversary Party at the Novice Gardeners!

      Reply
    12. Julie's Family Kitchen

      January 30, 2015 at 7:38 pm

      Such a gorgeous looking pasta dish packed full of tasty veg, I'm sure I would really enjoy this. Must try.

      Reply
    13. Honest Mum

      January 30, 2015 at 9:58 pm

      Wow that is beautiful, I just want to dive right in! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays

      Reply
    14. Johanne Lamarche

      February 01, 2015 at 4:54 am

      My kind of dish for a weeknight chock full of all I love. YUm!

      Reply
    15. Frugal Hausfrau

      February 02, 2015 at 9:31 am

      This dish certainly looks incredible! I am not in love with squash, but try to eat it because it's good for me - I think I can now be enticed! 🙂

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        February 02, 2015 at 12:58 pm

        Thank you 🙂 I LOVE squash, it's my favourite vegetable, I like it roasted with herbs and spices until it's just starting to go black around the edges...yum!

        Reply
    16. dishofdailylife

      February 06, 2015 at 3:30 am

      That is totally the way I cook too! Putting recipes down on paper is a challenge because I have to measure and keep track of temperatures, etc and that is not easy for me, because I'm a little of this, a little of that, until it tastes right. LOL But baking is another story...baking is seriously hard for me. It requires concentration and patience...neither of which I have. This dish looks amazing!

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        February 06, 2015 at 10:45 pm

        I really struggle with writing recipes as most of the time I'm just making it up as I go along! I'm much more organised with baking though and plan in advance what I'm going to do, I find baking relaxing (except when it goes wrong...that can put me in a mood for days!)

        Reply
    17. Laura

      February 07, 2015 at 7:26 am

      This looks delicious, love the addition of a little nutmeg which always works so well with flavours like spinach and ricotta. Will definitely give this pasta a try! (Found on recipe of the week)

      Reply
      • hannahhossack

        February 07, 2015 at 2:17 pm

        Thank you 🙂 I always add a little nutmeg when I'm cooking with spinach

        Reply

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