Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

1. Get 360 g rigatoni
2. Make ready 2 onions, finely chopped
3. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
4. Make ready 4 tsp paprika powder
5. Prepare 4 tsp dried thyme
6. Take 1 small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
7. Get 300 ml vegetable broth
8. Take 300 g spinach
9. Make ready 100 g grated cheddar
10. Take 150 g grated old cheese
11. Prepare to taste salt and pepper
12. Get pumpkin seeds (optional garnish)

Steps to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

1. Boil plenty of water in a saucepan with a lid for the rigatoni and cook the rigatoni, covered, for 13-15 minutes. Then drain but keep some of the cooking water. Leave to steam without a lid.
2. Cut the onion into half rings. Crush or chop the garlic.
3. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan with a lid over medium heat and fry the onion, garlic and paprika powder for 2 - 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin cubes and the dried thyme and stir fry for 4 - 6 minutes. Deglaze with the stock and cook, covered, 8-11 minutes, or until the pumpkin cubes are soft.
4. Puree with a hand blender. Add a splash of milk or some cooking water if the sauce is too thick.
5. Add the spinach, 3/4 of the cheddar, 3/4 of the old cheese and the rigatoni to the pumpkin sauce and stir well. Season with salt and pepper and heat for 1 minute more.
6. Transfer in an oven dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake the pasta dish in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.
7. Meanwhile, heat a frying pan, without oil, over medium heat and roast the pumpkin seeds until they start to pop. Use to garnish.
8. Enjoy! :)

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