Nothing says ‘Hello Fall’ like fresh pumpkin pasta! Toss with browned butter, sage, and roasted root veggies or just olive oil & garlic to bring out the pumpkin.
Yesterday I made fall official. I bought a bag of those adorable decorative mini gourds with their bumps & lumps and green, orange & gold stripes.
Along with my edible squash, I arranged them in a bowl. Those non-decorative ones that have yet to make it in into my oven to be roasted or into a pot for soup.
The other thing I’ve
been collecting involves recycling. Come autumn my canned food consumption
skyrockets.
And I need more room for empties in my recycling bin!
From tomatoes to beans and everything in between, we’re past the bounty of summer farmers markets.
Canned goods are so handy especially with their almost infinite shelf-life.
I also stocked up on a few cans of pumpkin puree. Yes, you can roast pumpkin and make it yourself, but canned pumpkin is convenient for so many things.
There’s a chili chocolate pumpkin marble bread that I
discovered last year that I love.
Instead of using my canned pumpkin in something baked, I made fresh pumpkin
pasta.
Making pasta is a process. It’s not hard, it just requires more prep effort.
I have the pasta attachments for my KitchenAid mixer, but you can make pasta without any special tools.
Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough as thin as you can. A pizza roller comes in handy to cut those sheets of dough into noodles.
The pasta has a subtle orange hue to match its hint of pumpkin flavor.
Fresh pumpkin pasta is not overly pumpkin-y. In fact you might think it’s not obvious enough.
That’s why I like to toss the pasta with other ingredients that compliment and bring out the pumpkin.
Browned butter is a great option along with crispy sage.
Try tossing in other roasted veggies like butternut squash, sweet potatoes or pumpkin, of course!
You can also keep fresh pumpkin pasta simple with garlic-infused olive oil and whatever herbs you have in your kitchen.
PrintNothing says ‘Hello Fall’ like fresh pumpkin pasta! Toss with browned butter, sage, and roasted root veggies or just olive oil & garlic to bring out the pumpkin.
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