Pumpkin Pasta Bake
- 1 x 500g bag of instant pasta spirals (I like to use the gluten free ones)
- 500g kent pumpkin
- 50g pine nuts
- 1 small brown onion
- 1 stick celery
- 60g baby spinach leaves
- 200ml single or pouring cream
- 100g fetta cheese, crumbled
- 100g Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Preheat oven to 350F
- 1. Remove skin and dice pumpkin, place in pot of water and boil until tender. Drain the water and mash the pumpkin. Set aside.
- 2. Peel and finely chop the onion, place in heated frying pan with a splash of olive oil, pine nuts and chopped celery. Cook until the onion is tender and the pine nuts are lightly browned, about 3-4 minutes. Add onion mixture to mashed pumpkin but do not stir it in at this stage.
- 3. Cook the pasta in boiling water according to instructions, usually about 9 minutes, drain.
- 4. Add the pumpkin and onion mixture to the pasta along with the fetta, baby spinach and cream, stir lightly trying not to let the pasta break up too much.
- 5. Pour pasta mixture into a baking dish, sprinkle mozzarella over the top and cook until the cheese is melted and lightly browned.
- 6. Serve and eat!
nuts, brown onion, celery, baby spinach leaves, pouring cream, fetta cheese, mozzarella cheese
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pumpkin-pasta-bake-50086124 (may not work)