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Penne With Squash, Leeks And Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients
12 oz Pasta

3 cup Winter squash, in 1/2" dice, peeled, seeded

12 medium Leeks, tough greens trimmed, split lengthwise, washed, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)

1/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp Freshly grated nutmeg

1 tbsp Olive oil

Salt

Coarsely cracked pepper

Preparation
1. Heat to boil a large pot of lightly salted water. When boiling, add pasta and cook according to package instructions. Three minutes before end of cooking, add squash. Stir into pot. Add leeks for last full minute of cooking.



2. Reserve 2-4 tablespoons cooking liquid. Drain pasta. Put in shallow serving bowl. Toss with remaining ingredients, adding reserved liquid if mixture is too dry. Adjust seasoning. Serve hot. Pass additional grated Parmesan cheese.



Nutritional information (per serving): 381 calories, 66 g carbohydrates, 13 g, protein, 7 g fat, 5 mg cholesterol, 305 mg sodium.



~ - Nutritional analysis by Jodie Shield



By Abby Mandel



Yield: 4 main-course servings



Preparation time: 25 minutes



Cooking time: 10 minutes



Copyright 1995 Abby Mandel



Date: Sunday, October 1, 1995



Chicago Tribune



MC formatting by bobbi744@sojourn.com



Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #719 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@sojourn.com> on Aug 03, 1997

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