Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese with Brown Butter Sage Breadcrumbs! Pumpkin Mac and Cheese Recipe: Combine all sauce ingredients in a medium pot and bring to a complete boil. Lower the heat, and stir until the buttery spread and shredded cheddar melt completely. I add a little extra salt, but taste and season to your preference.
Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:
- Take 360 g rigatoni
- Prepare 2 onions, finely chopped
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 4 tsp paprika powder
- Prepare 4 tsp dried thyme
- Prepare 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
- Take 300 ml vegetable broth
- Prepare 300 g spinach
- Get 100 g grated cheddar
- Prepare 150 g grated old cheese
- Prepare to taste salt and pepper
- Make ready pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)
If needed, warm over low heat. On a baking sheet with sides, place the pumpkin, onion, and sage, then drizzle over the olive oil and toss everything on the baking sheet, then spread everything out into a single layer. Stir in the pumpkin puree and paprika- add salt & pepper to taste. Add the cooked pasta and toss to coat.
Steps to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:
- Boil plenty of water in a saucepan with a lid for the rigatoni and cook the rigatoni, covered, for 13-15 minutes. Then drain but keep some of the cooking water. Leave to steam without a lid.
- Cut the onion into half rings. Crush or chop the garlic.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan with a lid over medium heat and fry the onion, garlic and paprika powder for 2 - 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin cubes and the dried thyme and stir fry for 4 - 6 minutes. Deglaze with the stock and cook, covered, 8-11 minutes, or until the pumpkin cubes are soft.
- Puree with a hand blender. Add a splash of milk or some cooking water if the sauce is too thick.
- Add the spinach, 3/4 of the cheddar, 3/4 of the old cheese and the rigatoni to the pumpkin sauce and stir well. Season with salt and pepper and heat for 1 minute more.
- Transfer in an oven dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake the pasta dish in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.
- Meanwhile, heat a frying pan, without oil, over medium heat and roast the pumpkin seeds until they start to pop. Use to garnish.
- Enjoy! :)
Stir in the pumpkin puree and paprika- add salt & pepper to taste. Add the cooked pasta and toss to coat. Creamy pumpkin mac and cheese with savory bacon and a boost of veggies from spinach. This easy pumpkin mac and cheese bake is filled with delicious pumpkin spice flavors for a sweet and savory dinner the whole family will love! Just like our easy baked mac and cheese and this ultra creamy mac and cheese, this pumpkin spiked sauce is easy and made on the stove.
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