Skillet Lasagna With Italian Sausage And Butternut Squash

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1 lb mild italian sausage, casings removed
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (1/2 stick)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups milk
• 1 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (to garnish)
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage
• 9 dried lasagna noodles, cooked al dente
• 3 lbs butternut squash, peeled, neck portion sliced into wide thin sheets

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 in a large nonstick fry pan over medium-high heat, warm oil. cook onion 8 minutes.
• 3 add garlic, salt and pepper; cook 30 seconds. transfer to bowl.
• 4 cook sausage, breaking it into pieces, 8 minutes. add to onion mixture.
• 5 in fry pan over medium heat, melt butter. add flour; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• 6 slowly stir in milk; increase heat to medium-high; cook 8-10 minutes.
• 7 transfer to a separate bowl. stir in 3/4 cup cheese, 1/4 cup parsley, sage, salt and pepper.
• 8 spread 1/3 cup sauce on bottom of fry pan; top with single layer of three noodles. top with 1/3 cup of sauce, 1/3 cup sausage and layer of squash slices.
• 9 repeat layering of sauce, sausage and squash 5 more times, replacing squash layer with noodles every other layer. top with remaining sauce and cheese.
• 10 bake 45 minutes.
• 11 sprinkle with 1 tb parsley. let stand 15 minutes.