Pumpkin and sausage pasta Quick and easy recipe

Pumpkin and sausage pasta: here is another recipe to take advantage of the most versatile and tasty seasonal vegetable, pumpkin! The sausage gives the dish flavor and texture that compensates for the softness and sweetness of the pumpkin.

Ingredients for 4 people

• 320 gr of pasta (I orecchiette)
• 2 large sausages
• 600 gr of pumpkin already cleaned
• 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 of a glass of white table wine
• parsley
• chili pepper
• salt

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Scope: first dishes Difficulty: easy Total preparation time: 40 min

How to make pumpkin and sausage pasta

Peel the pumpkin, remove the internal filaments and seeds and cut it into cubes, put 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 1 clove of garlic and the pumpkin in a large pan, cover with the lid and let the pumpkin cook, also put half a glass of water, cook over medium heat for 10 minutes and add very little salt and pepper if you like,

crumble the sausage and put it in a pan with a drizzle of oil, cook for a few minutes, pour in the wine and simmer (2 fingers of a glass) until cooked,

put the sausage in the pumpkin previously reduced to pulp with the help of a fork and cook for a couple of minutes

cook the pasta I used the orecchiette, drain it a minute before the time indicated on the package and pour it into the pan with the pumpkin and sausage, turn everything to flavor.

add the parsley, and serve. And your pumpkin and sausage pasta is ready.

WINE PAIRING: Frascati Superiore

For the wine pairing I consulted the site: www.bodegasdevino.org