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Pumpkin, chorizo and sage pasta bake recipe

6 ratings

Everyone loves a pasta bake and this gorgeous creamy recipe, featuring seasonal pumpkin, spicy chorizo and fragrant sage is not to be missed. Serving 8, it's perfect for a family get-together or you can freeze leftovers to enjoy at another time. See method

Serves 8
Takes 1 hr 30 mins
570 calories / serving
Freezable

Ingredients

1.5kg culinary pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into 5cm chunks
3 tbsp olive oil
50g butter
50g plain flour
1.3ltr (2 pints) milk
125g grated mozzarella & cheese mix
500g pack Tesco Finest gigli pasta
30g Parmesan
100g sourdough bread
50g chorizo, chopped
20g fresh sage, leaves picked

Each serving contains

Energy
2390kj
570kcal 29%
Fat
22g 31%
Saturates
11g 53%
Sugars
11g 12%
Salt
1g 17%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 66.7g Protein 23.9g Fibre 5.4g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 5, 200°C, fan 180°C. Add the pumpkin to a baking tray, season and toss with 2 tbsp oil to coat. Arrange in a single layer and roast for 40 mins until softened and starting to caramelise.
Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour and cook over a low-medium heat for 1 min, stirring. Gradually whisk in the milk until smooth. Simmer for 5 mins until thickened; remove from the heat and stir in the cheese mix.
Add most of the pumpkin to the cheese sauce, mashing it so it breaks down.
Cook the pasta for 5 mins, then drain, reserving a mug of cooking water. Stir the pasta into the sauce, loosening with a little of the water. Tip into a baking dish.
Blitz the Parmesan, bread and half the chorizo in a food processor. Scatter over the dish and add the remaining roasted pumpkin and chorizo.
Bake for 15 mins. Rub the sage leaves with 1 tbsp of olive oil, then scatter over the dish and bake for another 15 mins.

Freezing and defrosting guidelines

In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

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