That Cortney can cook!

Look what happened when Cortney came !

Cortney made cranberry clafoutis ...

Yummmm ...

We discovered if you warm a pear in the microwave
 with a bit of butter, top with vanilla icecream,
 a blackberry and carmel syrup - that the results are sublime!

Cortney's very, very delicious, special Browned sage, Butternut Lasagne
Cortney’s Butternut Squash Lasagna
(recipe below)





1 Large butternut squash
1 package fresh sage, slightly chopped
1 package lasagna noodles
½ cup Chicken broth
1 tsp. salt
4 tbs. butter
1 package sausage (chicken sausage with mixed seasoning is good)
1 onion, chopped
½ cup cream or milk
16 oz. mozzarella cheese

Cook butternut squash until very tender. Remove skin and put squash in large mixing bowl or food processor with the milk/cream and salt. Saute ½ the onion with 1 tbs. butter. Add to butternut squash mixture. Blend with hand blender or food processor until smooth.

Cook the sausage with the other half of onion and add seasoning as needed.

Saute the sage with 3 tbs. butter until butter is slightly browned.

Pour ¼ cup chicken broth in 9x13 pan. Layer one row of lasagna noodles, one row of butternut squash mixture, one row of lasagna, one row of sausage (using half the sausage) and butternut squash mix., one row of lasagna, add the rest of the sausage and top with the sage butter. Cover with ½ cup chicken broth and mozzarella cheese.

Cover with tin foil and bake at 350* for 50-60 minutes until cooked through. Remove tin foil for the last 10 minutes of baking.