Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, herbed summer squash pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook herbed summer squash pasta bake using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Herbed Summer Squash Pasta Bake:

1. Make ready 8 ounces pasta , any shape you like–I used rotini
2. Make ready 1 tablespoon olive oil
3. Prepare 1 pound summer squash , halved lengthwise and sliced thin
4. Take 1 teaspoon lemon zest finely grated
5. Get half lemon Juice of a
6. Make ready 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (45 grams)
7. Prepare 2 cloves garlic , minced
8. Make ready 3 large or 5 scallions skinny , sliced thin and white/pale green parts and dark green tops in separate piles
9. Prepare Pinches of to taste red pepper flakes
10. Get 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour (25 grams)
11. Make ready 1 1/2 cups milk , ideally whole but low-fat will also work
12. Prepare 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley chopped , divided
13. Take to taste Salt pepper and more
14. Get 3/4 cup parmesan pecorino romano cheese finely grated or aged , divided
15. Make ready 4 ounces mozzarella (115 grams) , cut into small cubes

Steps to make Herbed Summer Squash Pasta Bake:

1. Cook the pasta: If you’ve got an oven-save 3-quart deep skillet or braising pan, use it here and you’ll only need one pot for the whole recipe. Otherwise, bring an medium/large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente, about 1 to 2 minutes before perfect doneness. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat oven to 400 degrees
3. Prepare the squash: Heat a large skillet or the pot you just used to cook your pasta to high heat. Once hot, add olive oil, and let it heat until almost smoking. Add sliced squash, season it with salt and pepper flakes and let it sear underneath, unmoved, until golden brown. Continue to saute until browned and somewhat wilted, about 10 minutes, trying to get some color on each layer before moving squash around. Transfer to a bowl and squeeze lemon juice over bowl. Add more salt or pepper if n…
4. Make the sauce: Reheat your the same pot over medium heat. Melt butter in bottom of pan. Add scallion white and pale green parts and garlic and let sizzle for 1 to 2 minutes. Add flour and stir until all has been dampened and absorbed. Add milk, a small splash at a time, stirring the whole time with a spoon. Make sure each splash has been fully mixed into the butter/flour/onion/garlic mixture, scraping from the bottom of the pan and all around, before adding the next splash. Repeat until all…
5. Assemble dish: Off the heat, add drained pasta, summer squash, 1/2 cup grated parmesan and all of the mozzarella to the pot, stirring to combine. If pan is ovenproof, you can bake your final dish in it. If not, transfer mixture to a 2 to 3 quart ovenproof casserole or baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup parmesan.
6. Bake: For 25 to 30 minutes, until edges of pasta are golden brown and irresistible. Sprinkle with reserved parsley and serve hot.

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