Recipe: Tasty Butternut squash casserole with PLT

Butternut squash casserole with PLT. Here is how you achieve it. Add the onions to the squash. Poke a few air holes into the tinfoil covering the casserole dish.

I've made this recipe many times and have made many modifications. Unlike other butternut squash casseroles with sweet candy-like toppings, this easy recipe has cheese and caramelized onions (that are sautéed in bacon fat). Many other butternut squash casserole recipes go the sweet route with a candy-like pecan topping, but not this one. To make Butternut squash casserole with PLT you need 13 ingredients and just 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients

1. Prepare 3 lb of butternut squash, peeled and cubed.
2. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
3. Prepare 2 tbsp of fresh thyme leaves.
4. It's 1 tbsp of butter.
5. You need 2 of leeks, thinly sliced.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of sage.
7. You need of liquid.
8. You need 6 large of eggs.
9. You need 2 1/2 cup of half and half or cream.
10. It's 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese.
11. It's 4 cup of cubed ciabatta bread,1/2 in. dice.
12. You need 4 oz of proscuitto, thinly sliced.
13. You need of salt and pepper.

This butternut squash casserole is a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving or any fall dinner! Roasted squash, leeks, and herbs fill it with delicious flavor. This butternut squash casserole recipe is a veggie-fied version of my favorite Thanksgiving food: stuffing! This Butternut Squash Casserole recipe is a perfect side dish for your dinner table over the holiday season topped with delicious toasty pecan crust.

Butternut squash casserole with PLT directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss squash with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake for 25 min., cool..
2. Cut roots off leeks, split in half lengthwise, remove tough outer leaves and slice thinly. Rinse well and drain well..
3. Melt butter and 1 tbsp olive oil in skillet on med. Heat. Add in leeks and saute til tender, over med to med low heat. Add sage when taking it off heat..
4. Cube bread and slice proscuitto..
5. Mix all liquid ingredients together, add bread cubes and prosciutto, season lightly with salt and pepper. Let bread soak 10 min. In liquid..
6. In 2 qt casserole, place squash, leeks and liquid mix. Blend all together very well. Bake at 400°F for 1 hour. Rest casserole on counter 15 min. Before eating..
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Making this Butternut Squash Casserole as a side dish? You will love it I promise? Everyone usually goes for sweet potato casserole which isn't a bad. I'm sorry you had to wait so long! But the moment is finally here.