Butternut Squash & Honey Garlic Sausage Macaroni Bake

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted Ontario butter
• ½ cup finely diced white onion
• 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1L whole (3.25%) Ontario milk, at room temperature
• Pinch fresh nutmeg
• Kosher salt
• 1 pkg (454g) local honey garlic sausages, meat removed from casings, casings discarded
• 1 cup finely diced white onion
• 2 tbsp Ontario unsalted butter
• 3 cups (about 1 pound) diced, peeled butternut squash
• 1 tsp picked thyme leaves
• ½ tsp chili flakes
• 2+3 cups grated aged Ontario Cheddar
• 1 pound dry macaroni
• 4 cups béchamel sauce
• 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves