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Pumpkin Portabella Sweet Sausage Pasta

September 16, 2011 by Ericka

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I admit it
— I’ve been a slacker on making dinner lately!!

For a girl that’s packed in more meal-making in the past four months than I have the rest of my entire life, I needed a little break. FINALLY — it’s fall. It’s truly, purely, really fall. I know because I stood outside freezing in the wind waiting for the bus last night. It was bittersweet. Bitter without a coat, sweet because I remembered what it felt like to crave soup!

You know what fall means — everyone’s favorite flava-flav: pumpkin! Well, it’s mine. I love it more than most people. I dream about pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin-butternut soup and pumpkin scones with pumpkin icing and…Edy’s seasonal pumpkin ice cream!

So this dinner was an obvious selection to kick off fall:

Pumpkin Portobello Sweet Sausage Pasta


Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon
  • 1 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage
  • 4 cloves garlic, cracked and chopped
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
  • 4 to 6 sprigs sage leaves, cut into chiffonade, about 2 tablespoons
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 cup chicken stock, canned or paper container
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup (3 turns around the pan) heavy cream
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, ground or freshly grated
  • Coarse salt and black pepper
  • 1 pound penne rigate, cooked to al dente
  • Romano or Parmigiano, for grating
  • Pumpernickel or whole grain bread, as an accompaniment

Directions:

— Heat a large, deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and brown the sausage in it. Transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate. Drain fat from skillet and return pan to the stove. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and then the garlic and onion. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until the onions are tender.

— Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to the pan. Reduce wine by half, about 2 minutes. Add stock and pumpkin and stir to combine, stirring sauce until it comes to a bubble. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat, and stir in cream. Season the sauce with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper, to taste. Simmer mixture 5 to 10 minutes to thicken sauce.

— Return drained pasta to the pot you cooked it in. Remove the bay leaf from sauce and pour the sausage pumpkin sauce over pasta. Combine sauce and pasta and toss over low heat for 1 minute. Garnish the pasta with lots of shaved cheese.

*NOTE: I made roasted broccoli for the side dish. It was sooo good. I’m including the photo below because I think it turned out nicely. This is just broccoli steamed for three minutes, coated with EVOO and sea salt, then baked on broil for like…7 minutes (make sure you check because it gets burnt fast). Mine is burnt on purpose cause that’s just how I like it!

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Comments

  1. Lauren at Keep It Sw says

    September 16, 2011 at 4:46 am

    This sounds like an amazing dish! I'd devour it:-)

  2. Stephanie @ Eat. Dri says

    September 16, 2011 at 8:37 am

    This sounds so good! I'm all about the fall recipes right now!

  3. Tina @ Faith Fitness says

    September 16, 2011 at 8:55 am

    I think I would be in heaven eating this. Peter would disown me forever though. Two of his most hated foods in one – pumpkin and mushroom. Maybe I could win him over with sausage and pasta. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  4. Lauren at Keep It Sw says

    September 16, 2011 at 9:46 am

    This sounds like an amazing dish! I'd devour it:-)

  5. Ericka Andersen says

    September 16, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Thanks ladies! It was really good. So good that we actually had it for leftovers later in the week — and we are NOT leftovers people believe that. I had two bowls last night…couldn't get enough!

  6. The Cafe Dietitian says

    September 16, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Looks great! I like my broccoli a little charred too ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. RavieNomNoms says

    September 16, 2011 at 10:38 am

    Oh I just love this!! I am really enjoying everything about this plate. Looks awesome!

  8. Stephanie @ Eat. Dri says

    September 16, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    This sounds so good! I'm all about the fall recipes right now!

  9. Tina @ Faith Fitness says

    September 16, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    I think I would be in heaven eating this. Peter would disown me forever though. Two of his most hated foods in one – pumpkin and mushroom. Maybe I could win him over with sausage and pasta. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  10. Ericka Andersen says

    September 16, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Thanks ladies! It was really good. So good that we actually had it for leftovers later in the week — and we are NOT leftovers people believe that. I had two bowls last night…couldn't get enough!

  11. The Cafe Dietitian says

    September 16, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    Looks great! I like my broccoli a little charred too ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. RavieNomNoms says

    September 16, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Oh I just love this!! I am really enjoying everything about this plate. Looks awesome!

  13. momdecuisine says

    September 16, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    I LOVE this! I'm not a mushroom person, but my husband is. I saved this one, I can't wait to try it! This looks great with the broccoli too!

  14. momdecuisine says

    September 17, 2011 at 1:29 am

    I LOVE this! I'm not a mushroom person, but my husband is. I saved this one, I can't wait to try it! This looks great with the broccoli too!

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