Sausage And Pumpkin Pasta For Two Food

PASTA WITH PUMPKIN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat a large, deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and brown the sausage in it. Transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate. Drain fat from skillet and return pan to the stove. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and then the garlic and onion. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until the onions are tender.
• Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to the pan. Reduce wine by half, about 2 minutes. Add stock and pumpkin and stir to combine, stirring sauce until it comes to a bubble. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat, and stir in cream. Season the sauce with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer mixture 5 to 10 minutes to thicken sauce.
• Return drained pasta to the pot you cooked it in. Remove the bay leaf from sauce and pour the sausage pumpkin sauce over pasta. Combine sauce and pasta and toss over low heat for 1 minute. Garnish the pasta with lots of shaved cheese and sage leaves.
• Serve pumpkin sausage pasta with pumpernickel or whole grain bread and Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion.
• Place spinach, apple, and onion in a salad bowl. Place oil, vinegar, mustard and honey in a small plastic container and fit lid on container. Shake dressing to combine, 1 minute. Pour dressing over salad, toss, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

PUMPKIN PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Meanwhile, heat a deep skillet over med-high heat; add in olive oil and sausage.
• Brown the sausage and crumble it with a wooden spoon.
• Move the sausage to one side of the pan; add in the mushrooms, garlic, and onion to the other side of the pan.
• Cook until the mushrooms brown, then season with salt and pepper.
• Combine the sausage and veggies; deglaze the pan with the wine.
• Add in the chicken stock; heat for 1 minute.
• Stir in the pumpkin; it will be thick; stir in the cream, sage, nutmeg, and cinnamon; adjust seasoning with salt and pepper; reduce heat to low.
• Add salt and pasta to the boiling water; cook until al dente.
• Drain the pasta well and add it to the pumpkin mixture; top with cheese and chives.

PASTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook and stir Italian sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat until the meat is browned, breaking it into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir onion and garlic into sausage and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Stir in campanelle and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 10 minutes; drain.
• Stir pumpkin puree, chicken broth, half-and-half, sour cream, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and black pepper into the sausage mixture and cook, stirring often, until sauce is creamy and thick, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer cooked campanelle pasta to a large pot and pour sausage and pumpkin mixture over pasta. Place over medium-high heat and gently stir until pasta mixture is heated through, 4 to 5 minutes. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning.

PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND PUMPKIN CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bow-tie pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a deep, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Drain and discard grease.
• Heat teaspoon oil in the skillet. Add onion and garlic; saute until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain pasta and return to the pot.
• Add wine and sage to the skillet. Simmer until wine is reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Pour in chicken stock and pumpkin; stir until sauce starts to bubble. Return sausage to the skillet. Reduce heat and stir in half-and-half. Season sauce with cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Simmer until sauce thickens, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Pour pumpkin cream sauce over the pasta. Toss over low heat for 1 minute. Taste and adjust seasoning.

SAUSAGE AND PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions., Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook the sausage, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pumpkin, wine, sage, salt, garlic powder and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-6 minutes or until slightly thickened., Drain pasta; add to the skillet and heat through. Just before serving, sprinkle with cheese and parsley.

PUMPKIN SAGE PASTA

Steps:

• Heat a medium, non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add extra virgin olive oil and brown the sausage, breaking it up.
• Transfer sausage to a paper towel-lined plate, and add the onion and garlic to the pan. Cook over moderate heat until tender but not brown.
• Add the wine and return the sausage to the skillet, continue to cook a couple of minutes.
• Add the chicken stock, heavy cream, sage, cloves, and pumpkin. Bring up to a bubble and simmer until thick, a couple of minutes.
• Add the pasta and cheese tossing to coat the pasta with the sauce.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve and garnish with a sprinkle of chives.

AUTUMN PASTA WITH PUMPKIN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet to MH heat.
• Add 1 T olive oil, then brown sausage.
• Transfer sausage to plate lined with paper towels to drain fat, set aside.
• Drain fat from skillet, return skillet to stove.
• Add 1 T olive oil, garlic and onion.
• Saute 3-5 minutes, until tender.
• Add Bay, sage, and wine to the pan, stir and incorperate sausage drippings from bottom of the pan.
• Reduce wine by half, then add stock and pumpkin, stir.
• When mixture comes to a bubble, add sausage to pan, reduce heat and add cream.
• Season with cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Simmer 5-10 minutes.
• Pour pasta into sauce and stir.
• Add cheese and sage to garnish.