Multi-Grain Pasta with Butternut Squash, Ground Lamb, and Kasseri

One of my favorite lamb recipes! I have made this countless times!

• RealQuincyJones

• Des Moines, Iowa

• 11/23/2018

I omitted the cilantro, but otherwise followed the recipe. The flavors are different from what we usually eat, so it was a nice change of pace.

• rgandin

• NY

• 1/20/2017

This was good, not fantastic though. Maybe an exceptional chicken broth would make it taste Better. the kasseri cheese was interesting. not like feta at all, more like a pecorino

• rahappygirl

• Houston,TX

• 11/4/2016

酱汁是一流的!我最终使用牛肉because the store was out of lamb, and it worked fine. I used a pound of meat but didn't change the spices except for the cumin, as my husband doesn't like a lot of cumin, so I cut that back to one teaspoon. It balanced perfectly with the cinnamon and cayenne. Like others, I used less chicken broth than the recipe called for, and the sauce was plenty moist, with no need for cooking water. I found the Kasseri cheese fairly tasteless, though perhaps that was because I used a supermarket brand, which was all I could find. Next time I'll use Asiago or Romano instead. Lastly, I omitted the cilantro, which to me tastes vile. If I had had time, I would have thrown in some parsley, but it was just fine without it.

• Anonymous

• nowhere in particular

• 3/11/2016

Dee-licious! Kids loved it. Parents loved it! A great all-around hit. Can't wait to make it again - this time for guests. Made with grass-fed lamb, organic veggies and followed the advice of others and cut the stock to 1 cup and doubled the spices. A keeper!

• jwilkinson171

• East Amwell, NJ

• 12/14/2014

My family and I love this recipe. Have made it a number of times. We use ground turkey since I am not a lamb fan. Sub fresh-grated romano or parmesan for the Kasseri. I sometimes omit the chicken broth. Yum!

• Anonymous

• New York, NY

• 11/16/2014

Delicious! And I'm not a big pasta fan.

• GLK

• LIC, NY

• 11/10/2014

Who needs the fat and calories from cheese. Dish if fine and a bit healthier without it. Will try the ground turkey as well.

• genendel1

• mclean, va

• 10/29/2014

This is a 4 star recipe. I made it with ground turkey & no cheese. It's a great fall meal which tastes even better reheated.

• Grandmama_Gail

• NH

• 10/19/2014

Am definitely keeping this recipe - was so tasty! In my opinion, the spices were just right.

• getindutch

• Sa Diego, CA

• 3/3/2014

Yummy! Like other reviewers I doubled the spices and left out the chicken stock. This has a great flavor.

• shrushanti

• Eagan, MN

• 11/22/2013

I used lamb sausage -- squeezed it out of the casings -- and thought the recipe turned out really well, though the sausage may have provided more flavor than ground lamb would. I also followed the recommendation to double the amount of spices and lamb and reduce the broth (I used 1 cup). Otherwise, no changes except that I skipped the cilantro.

• bethccope

• Washington, DC

• 10/15/2013

It's so good, it's addictive!!

• AndreaC

• Connecticut

• 10/7/2013

I was very disappointed by this recipe. I did as many reviewers said and doubled the meat and spices, and it was still very lack-luster. I was so hopeful about this recipe, but should have took the advice of others that said it was just 'okay.' A waste of perfectly good lamb. Won't make this again.

• Dcreate

• Omaha, NE

• 9/16/2013

This recipe was okay, but not spectacular. I thought it would be better after reading the reviews. As others have suggested, we increased the amount of lamb, doubled or tripled the amount of spices, and substituted feta for kasseri cheese because it's what we had in the house. While the dish was OK, it wasn't spectacular and I don't think we'd make it again.

• sweetpea1813

• Philadelphia, PA

• 2/15/2013