#87: Cook a meal I have not made once a week – round 8

[cptntiller]

Whole Wheat Pasta with Pumpkin Cream Sauce


Ingredients:

• 1 pound Whole Wheat Pasta prepared as packet says to prepare
• 8 oz pumpkin puree (about half a can)
• 1 Cup milk
• 1 Cup water or stock
• 2 tsp fresh sage, finely chopped
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 2 generous handfuls grated Gruyere cheese
• salt

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan, heat a few tablespoons of oil over medium-low heat. Add the onions and saute until translucent (bordering on golden)
2. Add the nutmeg. Saute for another minute
3. Add pumpkin, milk, and stock; stir gently until incorporated.
4. Add the sage.
5. Reduce heat and cook the sauce VERY GENTLY until it’s reduced by about 1/3.
6. Add the cheese, whisking vigorously to make sure it’s properly incorporated.
7. Toss the sauce with the pasta, distributing evenly. Serve with more cheese.

Results: It was pretty tasty! The pumpkin wasn't as prevalent as I would have wished, but I love pumpkin, so that's no surprise, really. I made this [doubled] as a meal for myself and a bunch of friends for our Up! viewing party. Jeff and I love Up! alot, so we had one the day it came out on DVD. That's not about the food though. They all seemed to like it! They claimed to, and got seconds. I recommend it.

Recipe from Pithy And Cleaver

Comments

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

The pumpkin hardly shows up in your final product. I wonder if using the whole can would've increased its flavor to the point of being detectable. Looks yummy. My boyfriend loves pumpkin so I'm always looking for ideas to add pumpkin to things. Just saw from your tags that you're doing the 101 things in 1001 days too. Very cool. I liked your list.

[toddpage.livejournal.com]

It certainly might have - next time I'll give that a shot... and will hopefully be making it not doubled so it'll be a bit easier to control things like that.


and thanks! Where be your list?