Creamy Pumpkin, Walnut & Fetta Pasta
Posted in Blog, Meatless Monday, Pasta, Recipes on 06. May, 2012
Ingredients
- 1 cup of pumpkin
- ½ an onion finely diced
- ½ cup walnuts
- ½ cup mascarpone, crème friache or cream cheese
- Herbs (rosemary, thyme)
- 2 cloves garlic
- Olive oil
- Baby spinach
- Fetta
- Fettuccini or pasta of your choice
Method
Dice pumpkin into small cubes drizzle with olive oil herbs and salt and pepper. Roast until tender.
When the pumpkin is cooked bring a large pot of water to the boil and cook your pasta
While the pasta is cooking saute onion, garlic and walnuts in a little olive oil. When onions are soft add on your mascarpone & baby spinach. Mix through cooked pumpkin & feta and finally the cooked pasta with a little of the cooking water.
Serve immediately.
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YUM YUM YUM!!! can’t wait to make it. thanks Vic x
This was the perfect vegetarian pasta dish. Creamy, with soft pumpkin bites and little hits of tangy feta and walnut. I used creme friache and added in some parmesan – yum!