Name: Pasta with pumpkin sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g pumpkin; 1 clove garlic; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp thyme; salt; pepper; 1 tbsp butter; 150 ml vegetable stock; 80 ml heavy cream; 40 g Parmesan; 50 g feta; 80 g mozzarella; salt; pepper; thyme; 350 g penne or rigatoni

Pasta with pumpkin sauce

Servings

Preperation

10 minutes

Cooking

40 minutes

Waiting

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For the pumpkin, preheat the oven to 190°C and place the pumpkin in pieces and the garlic on a baking tray. Add olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper and bake for 30–40 minutes until softened.

Once baked, mash the pumpkin and garlic with a fork in the tray until they have a smooth, creamy texture.

Boil the pasta for the time stated on the package.

For the sauce, heat the butter in a pot and add the roasted pumpkin (mashed). Add the stock and simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the heavy cream and stir.

Add the Parmesan, feta and mozzarella and stir until melted. Add salt, pepper and thyme.

Add the pasta to the sauce and mix well.