Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started 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 can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

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

Instructions 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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