Pumpkin and mushroom pasta is a typical recipe for the autumn season🍂🍁, when the fruit and vegetable market stalls are filled with various types of pumpkins and mushrooms.
It’s a dish suitable for any occasion… for a quick lunch when you might have little time, or for a dinner with friends, and why not (?), as a first course for a Sunday family lunch.
To prepare this recipe I used Neapolitan pumpkin (my favorite!!)
characterized by its green skin and very intense orange flesh. Not having fresh mushrooms available, I used a mix of frozen mushrooms… the result was exceptional 😋.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 18 oz of pumpkin (already cleaned)
- 10.5 oz of mushrooms (fresh or frozen)
- 2 cloves of garlic
- to taste of fresh chili pepper
- A few stems of fresh parsley
- 11 oz of pasta (of your preferred shape)
- to taste salt
- to taste of extra virgin olive oil
- to taste of water or vegetable broth (if needed)
- to taste grated cheese
Steps
To prepare the pumpkin and mushroom pasta, wash and peel the pumpkin, then cut it into fairly small chunks.
In a pan, heat a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil with a clove of garlic and some fresh chili pepper. Add the pumpkin to the pan and let it cook until it’s completely soft (if necessary, add a bit of water or vegetable broth). Season with salt and set aside.
In another pan, fry a clove of garlic with some parsley stems in a drizzle of oil, add the mushrooms and let them cook. When there are only a few minutes left to finish cooking, remove the garlic and parsley stems and add the previously cooked pumpkin to the pan. Let everything blend (just enough time to finish cooking the mushrooms), adjust the salt and turn off the heat.
At this point, pour the pasta into the salted water, which you will have brought to a boil in the meantime, and cook it for the time indicated on the package.
Drain the pasta then pour it into the pan with the pumpkin and mushrooms and mix everything together. Finish with a sprinkle of grated cheese, serve and enjoy 😋.
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