3 Ingredient Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Food

3-INGREDIENT CREAMY PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid.
• Meanwhile, bring cream to a simmer in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Whisk in pumpkin purée; season with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper.
• Add pasta and 1 cup reserved pasta cooking liquid to skillet and cook, tossing to coat, until sauce has reduced, 3-4 minutes. Season with remaining 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Top with freshly ground pepper before serving.

CREAMY PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add pumpkin puree, vegetable broth, half-and-half, parsley, nutmeg, white pepper, salt, and black pepper; cook and stir until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Top pasta with pumpkin sauce and Parmesan cheese.

CREAMY CHICKEN AND PUMPKIN PASTA (WW)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C or 200C fan forced.
• Line a baking tray with baking paper and place pumpkin on prepared tray and lightly spray with oil and then bake for 20 minutes and then add tomatoes and bake for a further 10 minutes or until pumpkin is lightly browned and tomatoes softened.
• Meanwhile cook the pasta in a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, following packet instructions, or until just tender and then drain.
• Heat oil in a non stick frying pan over medium-high heat and add the chicken and cook stirring for 5 minutes or until lightly browned and then transfer to a plate.
• Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until softened and then return chicken to the pan.
• Blend cornflour and a little evaporated milk in a jug and stir in remaining milk and then add this milk mixture to the pan and bring to the boil, reduce heat to low and simmer stirring occasionally for 3 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly.
• Add the cooked pasta, olives and roasted pumpkin and tomatoes to the sauce and toss gently to combine and serve pasta sprinkled with cheese.

CREAMY PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the onion and garlic in butter, over medium heat, until soft, not brown.
• Whisk in the pumpkin, broth, creams and seasonings to taste.
• Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, boil the pasta in salted water until al dente.
• Drain pasta and stir into pumpkin, simmering 2-3 minutes more until thick.
• Stir in parsley and garnish with romano, more parsley and pumpkin seeds if desired.

PASTA WITH CREAMY PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, cook cream cheese, milk, Parmesan and butter in large saucepan on low heat until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently. Add pumpkin and seasonings; stir. Cook 2 to 3 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Add cream cheese sauce; toss to coat.

CREAMY PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, shallow, flameproof casserole or frying pan over a low-medium heat and fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 10-15 mins until softened and translucent. Add the garlic and fry for 1 min more. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, cook the pumpkin in a pan of boiling salted water for 10-15 mins until tender when pierced with a cutlery knife. Drain and tip into a blender (or use a hand blender). Blitz with 50ml milk and the onions until completely smooth, gradually adding more milk until the mixture is thick enough to just coat the back of a spoon (you may not need all the milk). Tip into a large frying pan with the tomato purée and mascarpone, and bring to a simmer over a low heat.
• Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling, salted water following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a cupful of the cooking water. Toss the pasta with the pumpkin sauce, parmesan and 50-100ml of the reserved water to loosen. Season and scatter with extra parmesan.