This recipe is translated from Cookpad Italy. See original: ItalyCarbonara di zucca

Pumpkin Carbonara

Nico Acquaviva
Nico Acquaviva @cook_nicoacquaviva
Martina Franca

In the fall, pumpkin is one of the most readily available vegetables and offers a wide variety of recipes, both sweet and savory. Today, I propose this delicious pumpkin carbonara, without eggs but definitely worth making.

Pumpkin Carbonara

In the fall, pumpkin is one of the most readily available vegetables and offers a wide variety of recipes, both sweet and savory. Today, I propose this delicious pumpkin carbonara, without eggs but definitely worth making.

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Ingredients

1 hour
4 people
  1. 14 ouncesspaghetti
  2. 1 slicepumpkin, about 10 1/2 ounces
  3. 8 3/4 ouncesguanciale cut into strips
  4. 1 3/4 ounceschopped pistachios
  5. Sage, rosemary, extra virgin olive oil, pepper
  6. 3 1/2 ouncesParmesan cheese or other cheese

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    Remove the skin and inner fibers from the pumpkin, cut it into regular pieces, and place it on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil and the herbs. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes at 300°F.

  2. 2

    Sauté the guanciale in a pan over medium heat WITHOUT adding any extra fat until it becomes crispy. Remove the guanciale and set aside, leaving the rendered fat in the pan.

  3. 3

    Blend the pumpkin THOROUGHLY, adding a few tablespoons of water if necessary, then pour it into the pan with the guanciale fat and cook on low heat for 10 minutes.

  4. 4

    Cook the spaghetti in plenty of lightly salted water, and 5 minutes before the indicated cooking time, transfer it to the pan with the pumpkin and finish cooking, adding a bit of water from the pot.

  5. 5

    Remove from heat, wait a minute or two, then add the cheese and mix vigorously. Adjust the salt and add a generous grind of pepper.

  6. 6

    Plate by forming a "nest" in which to add the guanciale and chopped pistachios. Add another sprinkle of cheese, some pepper, and serve hot.

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