Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

A creamy and smooth pumpkin sauce is ladled over pasta and topped with Parmesan cheese in this pumpkin pasta recipe perfect for weeknights.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 630 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste
• 1 pound tri-color rotini pasta
• 0.66666668653488 cup half-and-half
• 0.25 teaspoon white pepper
• 0.33333334326744 teaspoon ground nutmeg, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add pumpkin puree, vegetable broth, half-and-half, parsley, nutmeg, white pepper, salt, and black pepper; cook and stir until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes.

Step 2

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and transfer to a serving bowl. Top pasta with pumpkin sauce and Parmesan cheese.