Butternut Squash Gnudi with Brown Butter and Sage
- ⏱ 15 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Soft, pillowy ricotta gnudi with roasted butternut squash, finished with brown butter and crispy sage.
Adapted from Yarin Danieli.
Link copied
This recipe, inside the app
Two phones, one plan. Tap a step on either phone and watch it tick on the other — that's the live sync, right here in your browser:
Butternut Squash Gn...
0/0
COOK 1COOK 2
1Mise en Place
Finely grate the Parmigiano-Reggiano for the gnudi
2Plate and serve
+ 4 more steps in the app
Butternut Squash Gn...
0/0
COOK 2COOK 1
1Mise en Place
Halve the butternut squash lengthwise
Drain the whole-milk ricotta
2Plate and serve
+ 4 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash (halved lengthwise)
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt for roasting
- 1 cup whole-milk ricotta (drained)
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano for the gnudi (finely grated)
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 pinch nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter (divided)
- 10-12 fresh sage leaves
- ⅓ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano for the brown butter and sage sauce (finely grated)
- 1 cup reserved gnudi cooking water
- 2-3 tbsp heavy cream
- black pepper, to taste (freshly ground)
- Parmigiano-Reggiano for serving, to taste (shaved)
What you'll need
You'll share: Grater and Pepper grinder.
Each of you needs your own: Cutting board, Chef's knife, and Mixing bowl.
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Mise en Place BOTH
- Halve the butternut squash lengthwise
- Drain the whole-milk ricotta
- Finely grate the Parmigiano-Reggiano for the gnudi
- Freshly grate the nutmeg
- Divide the unsalted butter
- Finely grate the Parmigiano-Reggiano for the brown butter and sage sauce
- Prep black pepper: freshly grind
2. Plate and serve BOTH
- Freshly grind the black pepper for serving
See it in action
Two phones, one kitchen — ticking a step on one updates the other instantly.
More two-cook recipes
Cook this with your co-chef
Open Butternut Squash Gnudi with Brown Butter and Sage in Nommer and the checklists above land on your two phones — ticks sync live, handoffs get called out, and everything finishes at the same time. Free on iOS and Android.


