Skillet Lasagna With Italian Sausage And Butternut Squash - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large nonstick fry pan over medium-high heat, warm oil. Cook onion 8 minutes.
Add garlic, salt and pepper; cook 30 seconds. Transfer to bowl.
Cook sausage, breaking it into pieces, 8 minutes. Add to onion mixture.
In fry pan over medium heat, melt butter. Add flour; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
Slowly stir in milk; increase heat to medium-high; cook 8-10 minutes.
Transfer to a separate bowl. Stir in 3/4 cup cheese, 1/4 cup parsley, sage, salt and pepper.
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.
Repeat layering of sauce, sausage and squash 5 more times, replacing squash layer with noodles every other layer. Top with remaining sauce and cheese.
Bake 45 minutes.
Sprinkle with 1 Tb parsley. Let stand 15 minutes.