Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

1. Prepare 360 g rigatoni
2. Prepare 2 onions, finely chopped
3. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. Prepare 4 tsp paprika powder
5. Get 4 tsp dried thyme
6. Take 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
7. Prepare 300 ml vegetable broth
8. Take 300 g spinach
9. Make ready 100 g grated cheddar
10. Take 150 g grated old cheese
11. Get to taste salt and pepper
12. Make ready pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

Allow the sauce to heat up until the cream cheese is fully melted and the sauce just starts to bubble. By now, your macaroni should be almost done cooking. On a baking sheet with sides, place the pumpkin, onion, and sage, then drizzle over the olive oil and toss everything on the baking sheet, then spread everything out into a single layer. In a saucepan on medium heat, add the butter and allow to melt.

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! :)

On a baking sheet with sides, place the pumpkin, onion, and sage, then drizzle over the olive oil and toss everything on the baking sheet, then spread everything out into a single layer. In a saucepan on medium heat, add the butter and allow to melt. Once melted, add the flour and whisk until thoroughly combined and a roux is formed. Slowly whisk in the whole milk and continue stirring until the sauce thickens. Add your pumpkin puree and spices and stir until combined.

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