Butternut Squash Ravioli with Gorgonzola Sauce

This recipe for Butternut Squash Ravioli with Gorgonzola Sauce is back by demand! Delicious store-bought butternut squash-filled ravioli is served with a creamy gorgonzola sauce made with 4 ingredients. The sauce is rich and flavorful, plus it doesn’t require much cooking. This Italian dish has all the bells and whistles for the ravioli lover in you! 

 

Butternut Squash Ravioli with Gorgonzola Sauce

This dish is so easy to make, and most of all… it is an exquisite-tasting! Perfect for a simple dinner with family, and impressive enough when entertaining friends.

This recipe is made with store-bought Butternut Squash-Filled Ravioli, which we found at Trader Joe’s. And, we picked up two packages.  My family loves them, but instead of making them with the usual brown butter sauce, or bechamel sauce, I decided to try them out with a different sauce: our mom’s gorgonzola sauce.

***Loaded with complex flavors, this Butternut Squash Ravioli is positively delicious with this creamy cheesy sauce.  It’s exquisite!

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With sweet and savory flavors, these ravioli will explode in your mouth with every forkful.  Here are the 4 ingredients you will need to make our gorgonzola sauce:

• Butternut Squash Ravioli  (2-packages of 8 ounces)
• Pancetta – one package of chopped or diced pancetta
• Gorgonzola Dolce cheese – 1/2 of a large wedge (about 4 to 5 ounces, about 125 grams)
• Mascarpone cheese – you will only need 1/2 of the container (at least 4 ounces, 125grams)
• heavy cream – you will need 2 cups
• fresh or dried parsley – we prefer fresh for a fresh flavor.
• Fresh cracked black pepper – is optional and personal taste.
• Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, some grated cheese, for serving

How To Make It? (Follow our 4 Easy-To-Steps): 

1.  First, Cook the Pancetta: Sauté the pancetta in a skillet.  Then drain all the excess fat and oil, and set it aside.

2.  Next, Make the Sauce: Place the cheeses into the same skillet and melt them together over low heat.  Pour in the heavy cream,  and add in the cooked pancetta and some minced fresh parsley.  Stir until heated through.  Turn off the heat.  Taste the sauce, and season with fresh cracked black pepper to taste.

3. Third, Cook the Ravioli: In the meantime, boil the butternut squash ravioli in a separate pot.  Drain when the ravioli is perfectly tender to the bite.  Transfer the ravioli back into the pot and pour the cheese sauce over them.  Gently stir the sauce to blend and cover the ravioli. 

4. Serve on individual plates, and serve with grated Parmesan cheese at the table.  And enjoy!!  

COOK’s Notes and Tips: 

• Butternut Squash Ravioli can be purchased at Costco, Trader Joe’s, or any Gourmet Food Supermarket. 
• This cheese sauce doesn’t require much cooking. 
• Salt is not needed in this cheese sauce, the gorgonzola cheese and pancetta will add enough salt to the sauce. 
• I used only 1/2 of a wedge of gorgonzola cheese (about 120-125 grams) and 1/2 of the 8-ounce container of mascarpone cheese (needed only 4-ounce, 125 grams).  If you prefer, you can increase the amounts of the ingredients to your taste and preference. 
• Keep in mind, that the cheese sauce alone is very thick, so adding in some heavy cream enhances the sauce.  Also, there’s no need to bring the sauce to a boil, as soon as the cheese sauce is heated through, it’s ready.  
• If you desire more cream sauce after you mix it with ravioli,  go ahead and warm up some extra heavy cream and stir it into the ravioli mixture.
• Do not over-boil the Ravioli! If they get too soft, they will open up and the squash fillings will fall out and melt away into the boiling water.  So keep an eye on them. 
• This dish is outstanding with grated Parmesan cheese (only Parmigiano-Reggiano) on top.  So don’t leave it out.   
• Leftovers reheat beautifully the next day…  ENJOY!! 

An Exquisite Dish…

I know you will agree when I say pasta with a creamy cheese sauce is pure comfort food.  And this one is exceptional.  Best part?  It is ready in less than 10 minutes.

Try this recipe, it won’t disappoint!

ENJOY!!

More Ravioli and Comfort Recipes

• Spinach Ravioli with Asparagus  Sauce
• Cheese Ravioli with Bolognese Sauce
• Date-Night Creamy Ravioli with Peas
• Butternut Squash Risotto with Cheese and Sage
• Bucatini with Truffle Oil and Ricotta Salata
• Vegetable Bolognese with Pappardelle
• Easy Cheese Ravioli with Pesto Sauce

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Happy Cooking!!  😉

Thanks for stopping by!  

xo  Anna and Liz