Pumpkin Bean Spaghetti Recipes

PUMPKIN & BEAN SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan, then fry onions for 8 mins, until softened and just beginning to brown. Add the garlic and pumpkin, then fry for a further 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Stir in the tomatoes and stock. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 mins, until the pumpkin is tender.
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pan of boiling water according to pack instructions.
• Add beans to the sauce, cook for 3-4 mins, until heated through, then season. Drain spaghetti well, return to pan, then stir in the sauce. Divide between serving bowls, then serve sprinkled with the cheese.

CREAMY PUMPKIN PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• 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.
• Cook and stir sausage in a skillet over medium heat until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain sausage on paper towels and reserve 2 tablespoons grease in the skillet. Add oil to grease in the skillet; cook and stir onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes in the hot oil-grease until onion is soft, about 3 minutes.
• Stir chicken broth, pumpkin, bacon, Italian seasoning, and salt into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir cream and sausage into broth mixture and simmer until creamy and thickened, about 5 minutes. Add rotini and gently toss. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish and top with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and golden brown, about 35 minutes.

CLASSY PUMPKIN PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, warm oil and cook pumpkin for about 10 minutes or until it begins to break apart.
• Add tomato paste, sour cream and chili powder to taste; mix well. The mixture should be mushy and an even golden-orange color.
• Scoop spoonfuls of the pumpkin mixture over the pasta; mix well to coat and serve.

PUMPKIN WITH WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a medium saucepan and cover by about 2 inches of water. Bring to a boil; remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour. Drain and rinse.
• In a stockpot over medium-high heat, warm olive oil. Add onion, garlic, serrano chile, and 1/4 tsp. kosher salt. Saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in hot or sweet paprika and tomato paste; cook for 1 minute. Add beans, chicken stock or water, and cilantro. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, for about 35 minutes.
• Peel, seed, and cut half small sugar pumpkin. Add pumpkin to bean mixture, plus additional stock or water to cover, and simmer, partially covered, until tender, about 25 minutes more. Remove and discard cilantro. Serve immediately.

PUMPKIN & BEAN SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan, then fry onions for 8 mins, until softened and just beginning to brown.
• Add the garlic and pumpkin, then fry for a further 5 mins, stirring occasionally. Stir in the tomatoes and stock.
• Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 mins, until the pumpkin is tender.
• Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in a large pan of boiling water according to pack instructions.
• Add beans to the sauce, cook for 3-4 mins, until heated through, then season.
• Drain spaghetti well, return to pan, then stir in the sauce. Divide between serving bowls, then serve sprinkled with the cheese.

PUMPKIN BLACK-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a heavy saucepan and cover with boiling water to a level of about two inches above the beans. Add one teaspoon of salt, return to the boil and then simmer, partially covered, for about two to three hours or until the beans are tender. Add more water if beans become dry.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat. When it has foamed, stir in the onions and garlic and saute for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly colored and tender. Set aside.
• When the beans are tender, stir in the tomatoes and transfer to a processor fitted with a steel chopping blade. With a few on-off motions, process until the beans have started to smooth out, but are still somewhat chunky. This will have to be done in batches. Return the beans and tomatoes to the saucepan and stir in the pumpkin, ham and two-and-a-half cups of stock.
• Add the sauteed onions and garlic, cumin, vinegar, salt and pepper and stir to mix well. Bring this mixture to the boil and then reduce heat and continue cooking uncovered for another 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the sherry and taste for salt, additional vinegar and other seasonings. If soup is too thick, add stock or sherry. If too thin, continue cooking until thicker.
• To serve, use a handsome pumpkin and cut off the lid in a scalloped or zigzag pattern. A so-called sugar pumpkin has fewer seeds and heavier meat. Remove the seeds and pull off the strings from them. Toast the seeds on a flat pan in a preheated 400-degree oven in two tablespoons of oil for seven to nine minutes or until they are well colored. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with salt. Fill the pumpkin with soup and use the toasted seeds as croutons.