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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.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:
- Take 360 g rigatoni
- Make ready 2 onions, finely chopped
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 4 tsp paprika powder
- Prepare 4 tsp dried thyme
- Prepare 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
- Prepare 300 ml vegetable broth
- Get 300 g spinach
- Take 100 g grated cheddar
- Get 150 g grated old cheese
- Take to taste salt and pepper
- Prepare pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)
If needed, warm over low heat. This Pumpkin Mac and Cheese is the perfect fall comfort food to savor the season. Creamy pumpkin, two types of cheese, and a savory topping are baked together to create the ultimate side dish. Easy to make and bursting with flavor, you'll love the unique spin on a classic recipe!
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! :)
Creamy pumpkin, two types of cheese, and a savory topping are baked together to create the ultimate side dish. Easy to make and bursting with flavor, you'll love the unique spin on a classic recipe! 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! Say hello to a new cozy fall favorite: pumpkin mac and cheese!
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