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Baby Squash and Pasta

While at the farm market on Wednesday, I picked up some baby yellow squash from an Amish family that grows some great looking produce, and here's what I did with it:

Pasta with Baby Squash and Caramelized Onions

1/2 to 1 pound fettuccine
six slices bacon, diced
1/2 large onion, sliced thin
5 small or two large yellow squash, sliced thin
2 -3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 ounces feta, crumbled
1/2 cup chiffonade of fresh basil
salt and pepper
Parmesan, shaved

• Sauté bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels. Cook onions in 1-2 tablespoons bacon fat on medium to low heat until caramelized, about 10 minutes.

• While onions are caramelizing, cook pasta according to package directions and drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking water.

•Add sliced squash and garlic to the onions and cook five minutes or until just cooked through. Stir in cream and simmer until thick, 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

• Return drained pasta to cooking pot off the heat and stir in feta, basil and salt and pepper and enough hot cooking water to make a creamy sauce.

• Serve vegetable sauce over pasta and garnish with bacon and shaved Parmesan.

Comments

kyle@sift said…
Anytime the word chiffonade is used in a recipe it has got to be good.
12:54 PM
dive said…
Yummy, Robyn!
A billion calories of creamy deliciousness.
With my butt I'm going to have to stick to steamed veggies and no cream or bacon, darn it.
2:17 PM
Shan said…
This does sound so tasty. The whole combo's got me cravin' some creamy bacon deliciousness. Maybe I could make it for F-day.

That reminds me...someone's got a birthday this weekend! :)
3:47 PM
Scout said…
Kyle, chiffonade is just plain fun to say.

Dive, skip the bacon and only use a little bit of cream. Yum.

Shan, yes, someone DOES have a birthday this weekend. Hmmm. Who could it be?
3:49 PM
Cheltenhamdailyphoto said…
Dive, you've always told us you've got a cute little butt? :0 lol.

This sounds just yummy Robyn, how lovely that you can buy these home-grown produce so nearby.
3:59 PM
MmeBenaut said…
Ooh Robyn - that sounds so delicious and the method is simple - even I could do that!

Is it your birthday?????
9:19 PM
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