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Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
photo by Ashley Cuoco
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 cups chicken broth, made from bouillon
- 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
- 1⁄4 cup romano cheese, shredded
- 1 lb penne or 1 lb rotini pasta
directions
- 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.
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Reviews
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4-5 stars. I did really like the pumpkin, but if anyone knows my cooking, they know I love spice and herbs. So, without the additional seasoning ... I did find it a bit bland. But the overall flavor was very nice.<br/><br/>Here are my changes. Since it was a main dish I did add sausage. I was at my local meat market and they had sage and garlic turkey sausage ... HOW perfect! But a mild Italian sausage would work too.<br/><br/>I also added a medium onion, fresh chopped sage and a few red pepper flakes.<br/><br/>I love romano for a bit of tang which was nice and I also added a bit of the pasta water. And for the pasta; I used penne rigate with the ribs. I find it holds the sauce better than plain penne.<br/><br/>Lots of pepper for me and it was very tasty. All the flavor was there, I just needed a bit more seasoning, but that is just my taste. It was good as is, I just wanted a bit more.<br/><br/>The sausage as others mentioned was a very nice addition. I love turkey or chicken best for a dish like this. I did cut in half moons and browned first.<br/><br/>Very nice dish. Thx
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Surprisingly good! After reading some of the reviews, I did up the spices, and made it far too spicy for our family: spices are always a personal taste, I suppose.<br/>I did substitute evaporated milk for the creams, and threw the onions, garlic and pumpkin altogether to cook (I'm impatient) instead of sauteing them. I will try with white wine for a special treat one day.
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I might do it again but with tweaks. I feel that the chicken broth is watering it down. Though I halved the broth, it still ends up too broth-y. Flavor-wise it’s a little bland. I might add some red pepper flakes to give it a little kick, or maybe some sage as someone suggested. Yet my hubby and I both love pumpkin and I’d like to try to make it better.
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Oh My Goodness!! I never would have thought that I would like a pasta sauce made with pumpkin. This is excellent. I made the recipe close to as it was written with a few changes. I used evaporated goat milk in place of the heavy cream, I added some crisped bacon and some thyme. I didn't have fresh parsley so I used dried, but I'm sure the fresh would be even better. I topped each plate with parmesan and pumpkin seeds. The kids even enjoyed it. For once in a long time I wasn't hounding them to eat their dinner!! Thank you for a recipe I will be making over and over!!
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It was a nice change for me to make something with pumpkin in it that wasn't sweet. My husband liked it, and I thought it was ok. I didn't have a few of the ingredients, so here's what I did: I used 1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth and 1/4 c. white wine. Instead of the heavy cream, I used 1 (5 oz.) can of evaporated milk, and I omitted the sour cream altogether. For the spices, I used 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, 1 tsp. ground sage, 1/2 tsp. black pepper, 1 tsp. red pepper flakes, 1/4 tsp. - 1/2 tsp. *each* pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon, and 2 tsp. dried parsley flakes. I thought this could've used something else, like chicken or chicken sausage, but I didn't have any and my peeps were hungry, so I added 8 oz. largely sliced crimini mushrooms with the onions and garlic (but I would add double that if I added them again - they got lost in all this pasta!), I topped this with shredded parmesan and served with a green salad and Recipe #20616 (one of my favorite breads). I'm glad I tried this recipe though, thanks!
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Oh My Goodness!! I never would have thought that I would like a pasta sauce made with pumpkin. This is excellent. I made the recipe close to as it was written with a few changes. I used evaporated goat milk in place of the heavy cream, I added some crisped bacon and some thyme. I didn't have fresh parsley so I used dried, but I'm sure the fresh would be even better. I topped each plate with parmesan and pumpkin seeds. The kids even enjoyed it. For once in a long time I wasn't hounding them to eat their dinner!! Thank you for a recipe I will be making over and over!!
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Surprisingly good! After reading some of the reviews, I did up the spices, and made it far too spicy for our family: spices are always a personal taste, I suppose.<br/>I did substitute evaporated milk for the creams, and threw the onions, garlic and pumpkin altogether to cook (I'm impatient) instead of sauteing them. I will try with white wine for a special treat one day.
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I'm a stay at home mom with 3 adorable children-an 8 year old daredevil son, a 5 1/2 year old princess and a wild little 2 year old girl! I love to cook, and like having my little helpers in the kitchen!
I usually love recipes that are completely from scratch (I still love them actually) but right now my focus is on having any kind of food ready by mealtime! It's a little crazy here lately. Every summer we have a huge organic garden, apple orchard and raspberry and blueberry patches, along with a woods full of wild foods waiting for me to learn what they are so I can collect them. I'm learning about wild mushrooms first, so if anyone has any tips, let me know. We also eat wild venison which my husband and I hunt ourselves. It's our favorite meat, since it's lean, organic and cheap! Some of my hobbies are: hiking, biking, rock climbing, gardening, playing in the water with my kids, or just swinging in the hammock with a good book. I go stir crazy if I spend too much time inside.