Pumpkin Vodka Sauce Penne
This savory pumpkin recipe features a creamy blend of pumpkin puree, cashew cream, tomatoes, and vodka sauce served over a bed of hot penne pasta. It’s like fall on a plate!
Servings: 6 servings
Equipment
- large skillet or heavy bottom pot
Ingredients
- 10 oz rigatoni or penne pasta
- 6 oz can of tomato paste
- 1 14 oz can pumpkin puree
- 1 onion diced
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- ½ tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups cashew cream I made very thick cashew milk using JOI cashew nut base! you could also use heavy cream!
- ½ cup vodka
- reserve 1 - 2 cups pasta water
- sage for garnish
- tablespoon of olive oil
Instructions
- Begin cooking your penne pasta (or rigatoni!) in a pot of boiling water.
- In a large skillet sautee the garlic, onion, and olive oil for 4-5 minutes.
- Add in the tomato paste, pumpkin puree, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and vodka. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the cashew cream to the pumpkin sauce and combine well.
- The pasta should be done by now, so ladle in a cup of the pasta water and stir.
- Stir the cooked pasta into the pumpkin cream sauce.
- Serve garnished with sage!