Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Favorite Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

1. Make ready 360 g rigatoni
2. Get 2 onions, finely chopped
3. Take 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. Prepare 4 tsp paprika powder
5. Make ready 4 tsp dried thyme
6. Prepare 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
7. Make ready 300 ml vegetable broth
8. Take 300 g spinach
9. Get 100 g grated cheddar
10. Prepare 150 g grated old cheese
11. Take to taste salt and pepper
12. Prepare pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

Instructions to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

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! :)

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