Pumpkin and spinach pasta
This delicious fall recipe only requires 5 ingredients
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Prepared in a flash, delicious and healthy – this pumpkin and spinach pasta is our favorite food trend for cozy autumn evenings.
Pumpkin is an integral part of our kitchens in autumn. In this pasta dish, combine it with spinach – a dream vegetable pairing! The delicious pumpkin and spinach pasta is not only ready in just 20 minutes and only requires 5 ingredients – it is also healthy because pumpkin and spinach both contain lots of vitamins and minerals. And our immune system can use it particularly well in autumn. This is how you can cook this trendy dish quickly and easily:
Fall recipe for pumpkin spinach pasta
Ingredients for four servings
- 400 g pasta (e.g. spaghetti, wholemeal depending on your taste)
- 400 g Hokkaido pumpkin
- 300 g leaf spinach (frozen or fresh)
- 150 g cream cheese
- 1 red onion
Aside from that:
- 2 tablespoons oil
- some salt & pepper
Preparation: This is how pasta with pumpkin and spinach works
- First, cook the pasta in salted water until it is al dente, depending on your taste. Then pour them off.
- While the pasta is cooking, peel the red onion before halving it and cutting it into strips. Then wash and halve the Hokkaido pumpkin and remove its seeds. They dice the pulp. Then clean and wash the spinach leaves.
- Now heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and add the spinach. Sauté over medium heat until wilted, about 5 minutes.
- Take a second pan and heat the remaining oil in it. Add the onion strips and the pumpkin pieces and fry over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes until golden brown. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix the cream cheese with a splash of water in a bowl and stir the sauce until it is creamy. Then add them to the pan with the pumpkin and onions and mix in the spinach too. Bring the whole thing to the boil briefly, add the pasta and season the dish again with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Finally, distribute the finished pumpkin and spinach pasta on plates. Bon appetit!
Tips:
- Depending on your taste, you can garnish the autumnal pasta dish with pumpkin seeds or refine it with grated Parmesan – or both!
- If you like, you can also replace the cow’s milk cream cheese with the goat’s cheese version. Alternatively, a vegan cream cheese substitute is also ideal for the pumpkin and spinach pasta.
Source used: eatsmarter.de