Roasted Garlic and Butternut Squash Cassoulet
Roasted Garlic and Butternut Squash Cassoulet might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 21g of protein, 9g of fat, and a total of 413 calories. If you have onion, pepper, pancetta, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the white wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Red Velvet Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.
Instructions
Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap garlic head in foil.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Set half of garlic pulp aside; reserve remaining garlic pulp for another use. Discard skins.
Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add pancetta; saut 5 minutes or until crisp.
Remove pancetta from pan, reserving drippings in pan.
Add onion and 1 tablespoon oil to drippings in pan; saut 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 25 minutes or until onion is very tender and browned, stirring frequently. Stir in vinegar.
Add garlic pulp, pancetta, squash, and next 6 ingredients (through bay leaf) to onion mixture, stirring well.
Place bread in a food processor, and pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs measure about 1 cup.
Combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, and 1/2 teaspoon olive oil; sprinkle evenly over squash mixture. Cover and bake at 375 for 50 minutes or until squash is tender. Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes or until topping is browned. Discard bay leaf.