3-Ingredient Creamy Pumpkin Pasta
A comforting pasta dish featuring whole wheat pasta tossed in a luxurious sauce made with heavy cream and pumpkin purée, seasoned with kosher salt and black pepper.
Ingredients
- •1 pound whole wheat short pasta (such as penne, rigatoni, fusilli, or shells)
- •1 teaspoon kosher salt
- •1¼ cups heavy cream
- •¾ cup pure pumpkin purée
- •¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- •divided
- •plus more
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid.
12 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, bring cream to a simmer in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Whisk in pumpkin purée; season with 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/2 tsp. pepper.
4 min
- 3.
Add pasta and 1 cup reserved pasta cooking liquid to skillet and cook, tossing to coat, until sauce has reduced, 3-4 minutes. Season with remaining 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Top with freshly ground pepper before serving.
4 min
