Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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 rigatoni
2. Prepare onions, finely chopped
3. Take garlic, minced
4. Prepare paprika powder
5. Take dried thyme
6. Take small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
7. Take vegetable broth
8. Take spinach
9. Get grated cheddar
10. Get grated old cheese
11. Make ready salt and pepper
12. Get pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

Steps 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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