Rigatoni with Pumpkin and Chicken Sausage Recipe
An easy and budget-friendly recipe featuring pasta with a creamy pumpkin sauce and chicken sausages that comes together quickly and provides us with a dish that will satisfy our cravings.
Ingredients
- 500 grams rigatoni or other pasta with holes
- 350 grams yellow pumpkin peeled from the skin
- 240 grams chicken sausages cut into rings
- 180 grams cream cheese preferably Philadelphia
- 1 piece dry onion finely chopped
- 2 - 3 tablespoon parmesan grated
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)
- salt
- freshly ground pepper
Για το σερβίρισμα:
- fresh onion cut into slices
Instructions
- Place a non-stick pan over medium heat and add the sliced chicken sausages. Cook until browned.
- Clean the pumpkin, remove the seeds and fibers, and cut it into slices, then into small cubes.
- Cook the rigatoni according to the package instructions, adding salt to the boiling water.
- Meanwhile, in a shallow and wide saucepan, heat the olive oil and sauté the chopped onion until golden. Add the diced pumpkin, smoked paprika, a pinch of salt, and pepper. Stir well. Then add 2 to 3 tablespoons of pasta cooking water.
- Cover the saucepan with a lid and let it cook for 7-8 minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- In a blender, combine the cooked pumpkin with the cream cheese and Parmesan cheese. Blend until you have a creamy sauce.
- Pour the pumpkin sauce into a deep frying pan and add the drained rigatoni and chicken sausages. Mix well. If the dish appears too dry, add some of the reserved pasta cooking water.
- Serve and sprinkle with finely chopped fresh onion.