Apparently it’s carb week! Don’t be scared by that, or by the fact that this carb involves pumpkin 🙂
This week we got hooked up with some pasta products to test out. Along with the food there were a few recipes and one of them was a ravioli with pumpkin alfredo. I didn’t have a lot of the ingredients (including the container of alfredo they sent because I already ate it! Kind of a main ingredient…) but the idea of a pumpkin cream sauce intrigued me so I took the basic idea and went with it. I used my guiltless alfredo sauce, and it worked perfectly. If the idea of mixing pumpkin into a creamy sauce freaks you out, don’t worry- it’s a really mild flavor, but just enough to be interesting and give it a great color. If you’re a big pumpkin fan like I am, you could add a little more. I loved this, and so did my husband and my kids.I paired it with whole wheat 4-cheese ravioli. I thought the whole wheat was a perfect harvest-y thing to go with such a harvest-y dish.
Pasta with Pumpkin Alfredo
1 Package Fresh Pasta
1/2 batch Guiltless Alfredo Sauce
(or 10oz prepared Alfredo)
1/2 T real butter
1/4 C Finely minced onion
1/2 C canned pumpkin (try more if you love pumpkin, this is really mild)
2 T Chicken broth (vegetarians substitute milk or veg. broth)
1T chopped fresh sage (1t dried leaves)
1/2 T fresh thyme (1/2 t dried leaves)
Follow instructions on pasta to cook. In a separate sauce pan melt butter on medium heat. When melted, add onion. Make sure your onion is really finely diced. Since you have a nice smooth sauce, you don’t want big chunks of onion, you just want little bits.
Saute until soft. Since they’re small it should only take a couple of minutes. Add chicken broth and herbs. (I used fresh herbs, but I’m sure dry is great too, just go for leaves as opposed to ground spices so not to muddy the color)
Use a spatula to deglaze the pan a bit and get any cooked bits of onion off the bottom. Add pumpkin and whisk to combine. Add alfredo sauce, stir to combine, and cook until heated through. Depending on the alfredo you use you may need to adjust salt and pepper. Mine didn’t need anything added.
Serve on top of prepared pasta and top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of extra herbs. Pair it with a salad and breadsticks for a great vegetarian meal. YUM!
I want to know how you feel about pumpkin pasta! Sound good? Sound weird? And if you’ve never commented before, introduce yourself so we can get to know ya! We love all you guys!
Questions & Reviews
I think this looks so good. I am not sure I can pull it off with the kids, but I am going to give it a try. I am another one who is never disappointed by your recipes and knowledge.
Sorry I meant to post this here, not on the Guiltless Alfredo post 🙂
The best pasta dish I ever had was raviolis with butternut squash sauce..it was SO good! I bet this will be similar. Can’t wait to try it.
P.S. I read every word of this post.
I love the way you write . . . weaving your experiences together! I have recently been a bit disappointed-sad-in wonder that my site receives very little comment attention! So I am leaving another comment for your site–you rock! I have pulled so many recipes and will post my pix and my compliments to your site!
Sara~you said that your kids loved it…and soooo many of your recipes have dairy in them! Just wondering if Owen can handle dairy now??? I have to do a separate dish with just soymilk for my guy so he doesn’t feel jipped! Anyways…just wondering.
I love this blog! I would definitely try the new recipe.
Annalee
Idaho Falls, ID
This sounds really yummy. Sadly my husband hates pumpkin and my daughter can’t have the dairy. *sigh*
Got a magic solution for making alfredo without cheese??? 😀
Everything you guys make is good but since pumpkin is not my favorite, and my hubby hates it, i probably won’t try it. But I am planning to make ginger spice cookies today and I am excited about that!
I will give the pumpkin pasta a try. Sounds a little strange but trust you guys as I love all your recipes that I try. Peanut Thai Noodles were the hit around this house!! Thanksgiving doesn’t scare me, I go to my mom’s and eat her food.
You guys are the absolute best! A friend turned me on to your web site 2 months ago and now my day isnt complete unless I have checked in. I have already made numerous recipes and everything has been amazing! Thank you so much for all the effort, time and love for food that you continually share with us. I will be making the “pasta with pumpkin sauce” tonight. Thanks again!!!!
This sounds great, we live on Boutoni Pasta at our house, so new recipes are great. BTW, I am one of those people that checks everyday anticipating a new great recipe,and I have yet to be dissappointed. I’ve made about 80% of the recipes on here, and love them all. Everytime someone asks for the recipe (and they always do) I tell them about your site. Thanks for all the effort and keep up the good work.