Pumpkin, chorizo and sage pasta bake recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
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
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- Energy
- 2390kJ 570.0kcal
- Fat
- 22g
- Saturates
- 11g
- Salt
- 1.0g
- Sugars
- 11g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 66.7gProtein 23.9gFibre 5.4g
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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.
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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.
