MAISON DE KENNEDY

Chicken & Butternut Squash Winter Wonderland Pasta

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 (0/5) Tested by Cass — 50 min · Serves 4

Ingredients

• Pasta
• Spiral Pasta — enough for 4 servings
• Salted Boiling Water
• Reserved Pasta Water — about 1 cup
• Pancetta & Chicken
• Pancetta — diced (or bacon)
• Chicken Breast — sliced or cubed
• Salt & Pepper
• Aromatics
• 1 Sweet Onion — finely diced
• Spring Onions (white parts) — sliced
• 1–2 cloves Garlic — minced
• Mushrooms — sliced
• 1 t Tomato Paste — optional
• Squash
• Butternut Squash — small cubes
• Olive Oil
• Salt & Pepper
• Creamy Sauce
• 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
• 1–2 T Mascarpone
• Parmesan — grated
• Pinch of Chili Flakes — optional
• Finishing
• Spring Onion Greens
• Extra Parmesan
• Goat Cheese Crumble — optional

Method

1. Cook the pasta: Boil spiral pasta in salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup pasta water.
2. Crisp the pancetta: Render until crisp. Reserve pancetta, keep fat.
3. Sear the chicken: Season and sear in pancetta fat. Reserve.
4. Build the flavour base: Sauté onion, mushrooms, spring onion whites, garlic. Optional: tomato paste.
5. Add the squash: Microwave or pan-sear cubes until caramelised and tender.
6. Make it creamy: Pour in cream, add mascarpone, parmesan. Loosen with pasta water. Season.
7. Bring it together: Fold in chicken, pancetta, pasta.
8. Finish: Top with spring onion greens, extra parmesan, optional goat cheese.

Notes

• Swap: Pancetta can be swapped for bacon.
• Flavour: Squash adds natural sweetness.

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