Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
Pumpkin puree adds savoriness and creaminess to cheesy macaroni. Made with wholesome ingredients like roasted pumpkin and cashews, but super creamy and indulgent, this Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Mac and Cheese is vegan comfort food at its finest. Creamy, cheesy, and secretly healthy pumpkin mac and cheese. I've probably mentioned more than once on this blog how much I love macaroni and cheese.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
- Make ready 360 g rigatoni
- Get 2 onions, finely chopped
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 4 tsp paprika powder
- Make ready 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
- Get 150 g grated old cheese
- Make ready to taste salt and pepper
- Make ready pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)
One pot pumpkin mac and cheese is my new fall favorite meal and maybe it will be yours too. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese Recipe: Nuggets of pumpkin are nestled in a super creamy, super cheesy sauce for the ultimate fall comfort food. 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 flavor for a sweet and savory dinner.
Instructions 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 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 flavor for a sweet and savory dinner. Mac and Cheese is my favorite comfort food dish. I often make Broccoli Mac and Cheese, but for the Fall I love this Pumpkin version. Using pumpkin puree makes a creamy light cheese sauce, without.
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