Best 7 Mushroom Butternut Squash Lasagna Recipes

BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND MUSHROOM LASAGNA

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions; sauté until soft, about 8 minutes. Increase heat to high; add mushrooms and cook until tender, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer mushroom mixture to bowl; set aside.
• Add squash, broth, 3 tablespoons thyme, and 3 tablespoons sage to same skillet. Cover and simmer over medium heat until squash is just tender, about 6 minutes. Uncover and cook until squash is very soft but still retains shape, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Mix ricotta, 2 cups mozzarella cheese, 1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese, and remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon sage in large bowl. Season to taste with salt and pepper; mix in eggs.
• Brush 13x9x2-inch glass or ceramic baking dish with oil. Spread 1 cup ricotta mixture over bottom. Arrange 3 noodles on top. Spread 13/4 cups ricotta mixture over noodles. Arrange 1 1/3 cups squash mixture over. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup mushrooms and 1 cup mozzarella. Top with 3 noodles, then 1 3/4 cups ricotta mixture, half of remaining squash, 1/2 cup mushrooms, and remaining 1 cup mozzarella. Repeat with noodles, 1 3/4 cups ricotta mixture, remaining squash, and remaining mushrooms. Top with 3 noodles. Spread remaining ricotta mixture over; sprinkle with remaining Parmesan. Cover with oiled foil.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake lasagna, covered, 35 minutes. Uncover; bake until heated through, about 25 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. (The lasagna can be assembled one day ahead and refrigerated.)

MUSHROOM & BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles until barely tender (8 minutes for dried, 1 minute for fresh).
• Drain and rinse under cold water.
• Spread the noodles on clean kitchen towels, cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine sun-dried tomatoes and dried porcini mushrooms.
• Add 1 cup boiling water, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Lift out the tomatoes and mushrooms and chop.
• Strain the soaking liquid through a fine sieve and set aside.
• In a saucepan, heat 1 cup of the milk over medium heat until steaming.
• Meanwhile, put 3 tablespoons flour in a small bowl and gradually whisk in the remaining 1/3 cup milk until smooth; whisk into the hot milk and stir constantly over the heat until the sauce comes to a simmer and thickens.
• Continue cooking and stirring for 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat.
• Whisk in cream cheese, then 2/3 cup of the spaghetti sauce and vinegar.
• Season the sauce with salt and pepper; set aside.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add onions, carrots and garlic and sauté until soft, about 2 minutes.
• Add fresh mushrooms, rosemary and the reserved tomatoes and porcini; cook until the fresh mushrooms are just wilted, about 2 minutes longer.
• Stir the remaining 1 teaspoon flour into the vegetables.
• Add the reserved soaking liquid and the remaining 1/3 cup spaghetti sauce and cook until the mixture thickens, about 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly oil a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or coat it with nonstick cooking spray.
• Smear the bottom of the prepared dish with 1/2 cup of the sauce.
• Line the bottom with a single layer of noodles.
• Spread half of the mushroom mixture over the noodles and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the parmesan.
• Add another layer of noodles, arrange butternut squash on top and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Spread another 1/2 cup sauce over all.
• Add another layer of noodles, followed by the remaining mushroom mixture; sprinkle with 2 more tablespoons of the parmesan.
• Finish with the remaining noodles and sauce.
• Sprinkle with the remaining parmesan.
• Lightly oil a large piece of aluminum foil or coat it with nonstick cooking spray, and use it to tightly cover the dish.
• Bake the lasagna for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 10 to 15 minutes more, or until lightly browned and bubbling.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

MEATY MUSHROOM LASAGNA

Steps:

• Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish. Set aside.
• Sauce: In a 2-quart saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and whisk until smooth. Gradually add the warm milk, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Simmer over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the sauce is thick and smooth, about 8 minutes (do not allow the mixture to boil). Remove the pan from the heat and add the cheeses and nutmeg. Stir until the cheeses have melted and the sauce is smooth. Add the prosciutto, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons pepper.
• Filling: In a large skillet, heat the oil and butter over medium-high heat. Add the onion, season with salt and pepper, to taste, and cook, stirring frequently until soft, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms, rosemary and thyme and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are golden and the liquid has evaporated, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 2 teaspoons pepper.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the noodles and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• To assemble the lasagna: Ladle 1/2 cup of the sauce over the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Lay 3 pasta noodles on top. Spoon 1/2 of the mushroom mixture on top of the pasta. Ladle 1 cup of the sauce over the mushroom mixture and lay 3 more noodles on top. Repeat the layers using the remaining mushroom mixture, 1 cup of sauce and the remaining 3 noodles. Top with the remaining sauce and sprinkle with 1 cup smoked mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan. Drizzle the top with olive oil and bake until the top is golden and the filling is bubbling about 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Cut the lasagna into wedges and serve.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Toss butternut squash with olive oil, 1 tablespoon garlic, ground sage, and seasoned salt in a 9x11-inch baking dish until coated.
• Roast in the preheated oven, stirring every 20 minutes, until butternut squash is tender, about 1 hour.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Whisk in flour until a smooth paste forms. Slowly pour in milk; season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir sauce until thick and bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove sauce from heat; stir in roasted butternut squash, chili powder, ground sage, and rosemary. Puree sauce with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Mix ricotta cheese, 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, spinach, egg, and Parmesan cheese together in a bowl.
• Spread 1/2 cup sauce in the bottom of the baking dish. Lay 3 lasagna noodles on top. Spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture over the noodles. Repeat layers twice more, ending with remaining sauce. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese on top. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until mozzarella cheese is melted, about 40 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until bubbly, about 10 minutes more.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Place squash, cut-side up, on the prepared baking sheet. Cover squash with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until squash is tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes.
• Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms and garlic in the hot oil until mushrooms are tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Heat remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add spinach to onion; cook until spinach is heated through, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
• Heat 6 cups milk in a 5-quart saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until milk is simmering, about 5 minutes. Whisk remaining 1 cup milk and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; stir into simmering milk. Bring milk mixture to just under a boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon and scraping bottom of pot to prevent scorching, until milk mixture has thickened into a sauce, about 5 minutes; remove pot from heat.
• Whisk 1 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese, honey, nutmeg, sage, salt, and pepper into sauce until smooth. Cover pot with a lid and keep warm over low heat.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Scrape flesh from butternut squash into a bowl; stir with a fork until evenly mashed. Stir ginger, salt, and pepper into mashed butternut squash.
• Spoon about 1 cup white sauce into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish; arrange a layer of noodles atop white sauce. Layer 1/2 butternut squash mixture, 1/5 remaining white sauce, noodles, spinach mixture, 1/5 white sauce, noodles, 1/2 the mozzarella cheese, mushroom mixture, 1/5 white sauce, noodles, remaining 1/2 butternut squash mixture, 1/5 the white sauce, remaining noodles, remaining 1/5 white sauce, remaining mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, respectively. Cover dish with aluminum foil and place dish on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove cover and bake until bubbling and cheese is browned, about 15 more minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

BUTTERNUT & PORTOBELLO LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. In another bowl, combine ingredients for mushrooms. Transfer vegetables to 2 separate foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Roast 14-16 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally., Meanwhile, for sauce, drain tomatoes, reserving juices; coarsely chop tomatoes. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and pepper flakes; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in chopped tomatoes, reserved tomato juices, basil, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 35-45 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally., Spread 1 cup sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles, 1 cup sauce, spinach and mushrooms. Continue layering with 3 noodles, 1 cup sauce, ricotta cheese and roasted squash. Top with remaining noodles and sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese., Bake, covered, 30 minutes. Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes longer or until bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

BUTTERNUT LASAGNA WITH CELERIAC, MUSHROOMS, AND LEEKS

Steps:

• Make a roux with 2 T. butter and 2 T. flour in a small sauce pan.
• In a large pan, melt 1 T butter and saute vegetables (except squash) until tender.
• Season vegetables with 1/2 tsp salt, Italian seasoning, and tarragon.
• Into roux, whisk heavy cream, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp of each herb/blend, and cook over medium heat until bubbly and thick. Stir in the 3/4 cup vegetable broth.
• Pour a little extra broth into bottom of 9x13 baking dish. Place a layer of lasagna noodles in the dish.
• Mash or otherwise chop butternut squash so it can be laid in a layer about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Layer the squash on top of the noodles.
• Pour 1/3 of the sauce over the squash.
• Add another layer of noodles.
• Layer the sauteed vegetables onto these noodles.
• Pour 1/3 of the sauce over the veggies.
• Add another layer of noodles.
• Pour remaining sauce over these noodles and top with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 350 til golden and bubbly throughout.