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This week our recipe is cheap, tasty and easy to make.
Penne pasta with Roasted Squash
Ingredients:
1 small butternut squash (if use half a lareger one keep rest in fridge for a few days only)
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
3oz penne pasta
1.5 tablespoons creme fraiche
What to do.
- Heat the oven to 200C
- Peel and cut into chunks the butternut squash and put into a baking tray with a little oil
- Peel the onion and cut into 8 wedges
- Add the onion and garlic to the tin and put in the opven for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta follwoingteh instuctions on the packet.
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain and save 4 tablespoons of the water
- Take teh veg out of teh oven and add the creme fraiche and the water you saved to the roasting tin.
- Add the pasta to the tin, mix and serve in a bowl.
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Source: BBC Good Food.
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