How much do we love pumpkin? Sweet, tasty, and so versatile. Today I’m talking about the most classic dish possible with this fantastic autumn vegetable: creamy pumpkin pasta.
A dish that warms the heart and stomach, vegan, lactose-free, and prepared with a few simple steps. The pasta will be wrapped in a sweet and savory cream, and you won’t imagine it was so easy to make such a good dish.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2 People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter
Ingredients for Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
- 7 oz pumpkin (any variety)
- 5.6 oz pasta (I used ditalini)
- 1 tsp paprika
- Half white onion
- 1 carrot
- Half celery (stalk)
- 0.4 cups plant-based milk
- 0.4 cups water
- to taste salt
Tools
- 1 Saucepan saucepan
- 1 Immersion Blender immersion blender
Steps for Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
Clean and cut the pumpkin into cubes. Dice the onion, celery stalk, and carrot, and let them soften in a saucepan with a drizzle of oil over low heat. Once softened, add the pumpkin cubes, paprika, and let them brown well.
Add some water and cook the pumpkin until it’s soft, about 7-8 minutes. Then, add a bit more water, salt, mix, remove from heat, and blend everything well with the immersion blender.
Now return to low heat, add the remaining water and milk, and let it cook until it boils. You can add the pasta and let it cook slowly. Once cooked, adjust the salt, turn off the heat, and let it rest for a few minutes. Serve it hot.
Tips and Notes
This creamy pumpkin pasta will have a really creamy texture, so I recommend serving it immediately.
I used ditalini, but you can choose any pasta you prefer. Small pasta shapes like melon seeds, mixed pasta, or even rice are perfect. With very small formats, the soup effect will be more evident.
To enrich it, if you don’t need the vegan version, you can mix in some parmesan or small cubes of provola cheese at the end of cooking.
You can prepare the cream and store it in freezer-safe containers to use when needed. For this, I recommend my cube containers found in the lists below.
