# Pumpkin Pasta

This is a rich, comforting, and easy-to-make five-ingredient pumpkin pasta dish where the key is cooking down the pumpkin just enough to form a lovely sauce while retaining some texture.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- onion
- garlic
- chili
- olive oil
- pumpkin
- 1 big pinch salt
- 1 little splash water
- sage
- 1 big handful parmesan
- pasta
- loads pepper
- little bit more chili

## Instructions

1. Start by making a base of onion, garlic, and chili.
2. Add the onion, garlic, and chili to a pan with some olive oil to sizzle.
3. Scoop out the seeds from a pumpkin, cut it into wedges, cut the skin off, and then chop it into cubes.
4. Add the chopped pumpkin to the pan with a big pinch of salt and a little splash of water.
5. Cook the pumpkin until it begins breaking down into a sauce.
6. Add some sage to the pan.
7. Grate some parmesan.
8. Add the pasta with lots of starchy water to the sauce.
9. Finish cooking the pasta in the sauce.
10. Season with loads of pepper and a little bit more chili.
11. Add a big handful of parmesan.

## Equipment

- pan

## Tips

- The key is cooking down the pumpkin just enough that the edges collapse forming a lovely sauce, but there is still enough texture within.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCzezLnN__s/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/150e38bd-dbd1-4a87-92f9-15db152b98e5
- Extracted: 2026-05-29

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