Penne Pasta With Pumpkin Alfredo Sauce Recipes

PUMPKIN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir sage leaves in hot butter until the butter takes on the sage flavor, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk cream, pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and Parmesan cheese into the butter; cook until the cheese melts, about 5 minutes.

PENNE WITH CREAMY PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 2 cups pasta water; drain pasta and set aside.
• In pasta pot, heat oil over medium. Add rosemary and fry, stirring, until starting to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer rosemaryto a paper towel, leaving oil in pot.
• Carefully (oil is hot and will spatter) add pumpkin puree, garlic, half-and-half, Parmesan, vinegar, red-pepper flakes, and 1 cup reserved pasta water to pot. Stir sauce until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add pasta to sauce, and toss to coat. If sauce is too thick, add some reserved pasta water. Season generously with salt. Serve pasta sprinkled with fried rosemary and, if desired, more red-pepper flakes.

PUMPKIN & SAUSAGE PENNE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 1 teaspoon., Cook and stir onion and garlic in oil and reserved drippings over medium-high heat until tender. Add wine and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Stir in the broth, pumpkin, 1-1/2 teaspoons sage and remaining seasonings; cook 1 minute longer. Add the cream and sausage; heat through. Remove bay leaf., Drain pasta; transfer to a large bowl. Add sausage mixture; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cheese and remaining sage.

PENNE PASTA WITH PUMPKIN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet or wok cook the garlic, onion, bell pepper in the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened. add the tomato, salt, pepper,oregano, parsley and cloves- stir. Add the pumpkin cubes and let simmer on low heat until pumpkin starts to soften. Slowly add 1/2 c of the broth and return to moderate heat. stirring occasionally, approx. 10min. FOR THE CHICKEN: Wash chicken in water with lemon juice and garlic salt. Pat dry. Cube chicken breast. In a separate frying pan, add your EVOO, (once pan is hot) and poultry seasoning. Stir. Add mushrooms once celery is translucent. On moderate heat add chicken cubes and stir, to coat chicken with seasoning. Squeeze lime over and stir. While the pumpkin mixture is simmering, spoon chicken, mushrooms and celery to it and add the remaining broth, cover and cook on low, occasionally stirring. To a saucepan add alfredo sauce and simmer. Pasta: In large pasta pot bring water, salt and oil to a boil. Add penne and let cook until it is al dente. Drain the penne well. Add the pasta to the alfredo sauce, covering pasta with alfredo. Pumpkin chicken mixture is done when pumpkin is easily picked up with fork, (will be orange/brown in color, there should still be a little sauce left). Divide the pasta between plates and top with the pumpkin/chicken sauce serve it with the Parmesan.I didn't add the pasta to the pumpkin/chicken mixture but it tasted good when mixed together.

PUMPKIN ALFREDO WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Sprinkle chicken with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Add to skillet; cook until a thermometer reads 165°, 6-8 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, cook pasta according to package directions, adding broccoli during the last 5 minutes of cooking. In the same skillet used to cook chicken, heat butter over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Stir in cream, pumpkin, Parmesan cheese and nutmeg until combined., Drain pasta and broccoli; stir into sauce. Slice chicken; serve with pasta mixture. Sprinkle with bacon, parsley and if desired, additional Parmesan cheese.

PENNE WITH PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook the onion, bell pepper and garlic in the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened.
• Stir in the pumpkin, broth, water, cream, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer the sauce, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
• While the sauce is simmering, in a kettle of boiling salted water, boil the penne until it is al dente.
• Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and drain penne well.
• Add the penne to the sauce and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring and thinning with reserved water if needed, for 1 to 20 minutes or until pasta is well coated.
• Stir parsley into pasta and serve with parmesan cheese, as desired.
• Enjoy!