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Ingredients
- Butternut squash
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1
butternut squash (about 2 pounds), look for squash with evenly tick neck
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Salt and pepper
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Oil
- Mushroom filing and sauce
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1/2 cup
butter
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2
small shallot, minced
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2
cloves of garlic, minced
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1.5 pounds
cremini mushrooms, sliced
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1/3 cup
white wine
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1 teaspoon
fresh thyme leaves
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1 tablespoon
fresh basil
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Salt and pepper to taste
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1/2 cup
milk or cream
Directions
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Peel butternut squash, slice neck very thin with mandoline.
Place slices on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper; brush both sides with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Roast in the oven at 350F for 10 minutes, take out, flip and roast for additional 5 minutes.
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Heat butter over medium heat. Add shallot and garlic and saute 1-2 minutes. Add mushrooms, wine, thyme, basil, salt, pepper and cook 8 to 10 minutes, or until softened. Cool.
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Pulse mushrooms in a food processor until minced; don’t wash food processor bowl jet.
To assemble ravioli, place one piece of squash followed by a ½ tbsp of mushroom filling, then another piece of squash.
For tower stack four pieces of squash with mushroom filling and last one without.
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You can make ravioli or towers in advance, place them on the baking sheet covered with parchment and reheat in the oven; ravioli 5 minutes at 325F and towers for 8-10 minutes.
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Mushrooms filing that is left place back into a food processor and puree even finer.
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Place saucepan on the stove with 1/2 cup milk or cream add mushrooms, bring to boil and let cook for 2-3 minutes.
That will be your sauce
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Garnish with basil.
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