Pumpkin Pasta Alla Vodka. – Half Baked Harvest

This silky, easy, and further creamy Pumpkin Pasta Alla Vodka is the proper cozy autumn recipe. Rigatoni pasta is tossed in a spicy sage pumpkin butter vodka sauce. It’s simply as yummy and scrumptious because it sounds. The candy pumpkin provides a vibrant layer of shade, taste, and richness to this already silky, easy, and creamy pasta. It’s so delicious with crusty, heat bread and a giant fall salad.

I’ve talked about this earlier than, however whereas most desire to bake with pumpkin, I really like to prepare dinner with it! It’s so versatile and provides heat, sweetness, and richness to savory dishes. I really like mixing it in soups and chili and incorporating it right into a creamy pasta sauce.

With my household’s love of my traditional pasta alla vodka recipe, I knew a pumpkin pasta alla vodka recipe would go over properly, so I used to be excited to create it.

Straight away, I knew that pumpkin, together with some sage and spicy Calabrian chili paste, can be scrumptious combined into my traditional alla vodka recipe.

I additionally used some additional parmesan on this alla vodka as a result of I am keen on the flavors of candy pumpkin and the wealthy, nutty taste of parmesan. It’s the proper fall pairing that’s so underrated.

I’ve determined that whereas some individuals are nice at pairing meals with wine, I’m fairly good at pairing cheeses with pasta!

Let’s Get Into the Particulars

Substances 

• olive oil
• shallots
• garlic
• contemporary sage
• dried oregano
• Calabrian chili paste
• chili flakes
• tomato paste
• canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie)
• vodka (or use water with 1 tablespoon apple vinegar)
• heavy cream
• pasta, I used rigatoni (BUT you may use a cute pumpkin pasta)
• salted butter
• parmesan cheese

Particular Instruments

None. You simply want a skillet with sides and a pot to prepare dinner the pasta in.

Step 1: make the pumpkin vodka sauce

Cook dinner the shallot, garlic, contemporary sage, and dried oregano in olive oil till the shallot softens.

Now add the Calabrian chili paste. I like to make use of 2 rounded tablespoons. Nevertheless, in case you’re delicate to spice, use 1 tablespoon.

For much more spice, add a pinch of chili flakes to the chili pasta. Then, add the tomato paste and the pumpkin. Cook dinner this combine till thickened.

Step 2: add the vodka, combine within the cream

Combine within the Vodka and permit it to prepare dinner into the pumpkin sauce. Should you don’t wish to prepare dinner with alcohol, use 1/4 cup water with 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar.

Combine within the cream, then season the sauce with salt and pepper.

Step 3: boil the pasta

Cook dinner the pasta. Use any shortcut pasta you’re keen on. I take advantage of rigatoni, but when I had entry to Dealer Joe’s, I’d use their dried pumpkin-shaped pasta. So cute!

Avoid wasting pasta water earlier than draining, then drain.

Step 4: combine within the pasta

Now add the pasta, the parmesan, and a few of the pasta cooking water to the sauce.

Cook dinner the sage leaves in butter and serve the sage butter over the pasta with much more Parmesan! So yummy!

The sauce is creamy, with warming notes of pumpkin and sage and nuttiness from the parmesan. It’s my favourite combo.

Excellent for chillier nights or when you want to throw collectively a fast dinner!

In search of different easy winter pasta dishes? Listed here are my favorites: 

Spicy Pesto Pasta Alla Vodka

4 Cheese Sage Pesto Florentine Lasagna

One Pot Spicy Pesto Cheese Baked Rigatoni

One-Pan Tacky Spaghetti Pie

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