Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

Name: Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 360 g rigatoni; 2 onions, finely chopped; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 4 tsp paprika powder; 4 tsp dried thyme; 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed; 300 ml vegetable broth; 300 g spinach; 100 g grated cheddar; 150 g grated old cheese; to taste salt and pepper; pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

Caitlin @caitlinstruyve

Belgium

This veggie pasta is total cold-weather comfort food! Recipe from HelloFresh

Caitlin @caitlinstruyve

Belgium

This veggie pasta is total cold-weather comfort food! Recipe from HelloFresh

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Ingredients

1 hr

4 people

360 grigatoni
2onions, finely chopped
3 clovesgarlic, minced
4 tsppaprika powder
4 tspdried thyme
1small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
300 mlvegetable broth
300 gspinach
100 ggrated cheddar
150 ggrated old cheese
to tastesalt and pepper
pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

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Steps

1 hr

1

Boil plenty of water in a saucepan with a lid for the rigatoni and cook the rigatoni, covered, for 13-15 minutes. Then drain but keep some of the cooking water. Leave to steam without a lid.
2

Cut the onion into half rings. Crush or chop the garlic.
3

Heat the olive oil in a saucepan with a lid over medium heat and fry the onion, garlic and paprika powder for 2 - 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin cubes and the dried thyme and stir fry for 4 - 6 minutes. Deglaze with the stock and cook, covered, 8-11 minutes, or until the pumpkin cubes are soft.
4

Puree with a hand blender. Add a splash of milk or some cooking water if the sauce is too thick.
5

Add the spinach, 3/4 of the cheddar, 3/4 of the old cheese and the rigatoni to the pumpkin sauce and stir well. Season with salt and pepper and heat for 1 minute more.
6

Transfer in an oven dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake the pasta dish in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.
7

Meanwhile, heat a frying pan, without oil, over medium heat and roast the pumpkin seeds until they start to pop. Use to garnish.
8

Enjoy! :)