Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

This was my version of the pumpkin pasta recipe on the Jaime Oliver site.

This has a very mild flavor. You could make it without the wine, but I would substitute apple, orange juice or stock for more flavors. You could also add a pinch of cinnamon; I just prefer to have a very savory taste myself.

• ½ small Pumpkin cooked (about 1 & 1/2 C)
• 1/3 cup Dry white wine
• 1 whole roasted garlic *
• Salt
• Fresh Basil (4-5 leaves)
• 2-3 T milk/cream
• 2 T butter

 Blend the first 5 ingredients in the blender add milk as needed to get desired consistency, pour into sauce pan heat and add butter. Cook until heated through (do not boil).

 

Mix with favorite cooked pasta and veggies.

NOTE: As this sauce is just heated through and not boiled, it is not reccomended that you serve this to children as the alcohol will not have cooked off.

*(to roast garlic, cut top off, pour olive oil over/in, wrap in foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes).

All Things Pumpkin

One of my favorite things about fall, is all the pumpkinny flavorued things that are available, pumpkin spiced lattés, pumpkin scones, pumkin ravioli…to name a few of my favorite.

I thought I would list of few of my pumpkin endeavors and one that I plan to try when I carve up my pumpkin that has sat on our dining room table for all of October as our decorative centre piece.

Pumpkin WafflesThese I tried last year or the year before and they were a keeper. They are absolutely delish with butter and maple syrup. This year I made and froze some for Lochlan and then I can just pop them in the toaster for a quick yummy snack or lunch.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins with Streusel Topping
These I made a few mini ones, and a few loaf shaped ones and I have to say they were so rich, I should have stuck with a smaller size, the mini loaves were waaaay too intense. Also the Streusel topping was a bit much, they would be just as tasty without it I think.

Pumpkin Pasta from Jamie Oliver's website
I may make some adaptations to this, but will post later on how it goes.