Squash and Spinach Pasta Rotolo
October 6, 2014
This turned out to be a really really good dish, originally based off a recipe from Jamie Oliver (with some slight alterations).
Ingredients:
- 1 butternut squash
- 1 red onion
- olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried or fresh thyme
- about 2-2.5 cups spinach
- ground nutmeg
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 jar of tomato sauce (pick your favorite)
- 6 large fresh sheets of pasta (I ended up making my own because I found this hard to find)
- about 1/2 cup of feta cheese
- about a 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the squash in half and cook OR poke some holes in it and cook whole for about an hour or until soft.
- Meanwhile, peel and roughly chop the onion and put it into a medium pan on medium-low with some olive oil, thyme, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in the spinach and allow it to cook until the spinach is cooked down. Remove from heat.
- Remove the squash and cut in half if not already done. Remove the seeds and skin and mash up with a fork.
- Peel and finely slice the garlic and put it into a frying pan with some oil and saute for a few minutes.
- Transfer to a glass baking dish and pour in the tomato sauce. Add a little water to the tomato sauce and swirl around to get any remaining sauce and pour into the baking dish.
- Lay out the pasta sheets, brush with a little water and then divide and spread the squash over the sheets.
- Next, add the spinach mixture and then crumbled feta.
- Roll up the sheets and cut into about 4 inch chunks. Place these side by side in the tomato sauce.
- Grate some parmesan cheese over top and sprinkle some olive oil.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden and crisp.