Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Baked Goat Cheese and Roasted Winter Squash over Garlicky Fettuccine

From Krista Montgomery, M.S., R.D., Cooking Light, DECEMBER 2006

Next time I will try pan frying the goat cheese rounds or just adding the goat and bread crumbs in clumps to the pasta. I didn't really get a lot of crunch out of oven baking them and I mostly just mixed it into the pasta anyway.


6 cups (1-inch) cubed peeled butternut squash (about 2 1/4 pounds)

1 large red bell pepper, chopped

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided

Cooking spray

1 teaspoon salt, divided

1 teaspoon chopped fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

8 oz goat cheese

1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
- try panko next tome
1 pound fettuccine

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

2 garlic cloves, minced

Preheat oven to 425°.

Place squash and bell pepper in a large bowl. Add 1 tablespoon oil; toss well. Arrange vegetables in a single layer on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt, rosemary, and black pepper. Bake at 425° for 40 minutes, stirring once.

Place goat cheese in freezer 10 minutes. Cut cheese crosswise into 8 equal rounds. Place breadcrumbs in a shallow bowl. Dredge each round in breadcrumbs; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 6 minutes.

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking water. Return pasta to pan; add reserved pasta cooking water, remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oil, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, red pepper, and garlic, tossing to coat. Place 1 1/4 cups pasta in each of 8 shallow bowls; top each serving with about 1/2 cup squash mixture and 1 goat cheese round. Garnish with rosemary sprigs, if desired.

8 servings
Calories:423 (30% from fat)
Fat:14.1g (sat 7.4g,mono 4.2g,poly 0.7g)
Protein:17.8g
Carbohydrate:54.7g
Fiber:2.7g
Cholesterol:30mg
Iron:2.1mg
Sodium:439mg
Calcium:290mg

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