Pasta - Pumpkin, gorgonzola Italian sausage and walnuts

Pasta is one of the most famous Italian dishes. It is easy to make and most of the times all the ingredients are sitting in the fridge. This is a version with pumpkin, gorgonzola Italian sausage and walnuts.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Remove the seeds and the skin from the pumpkin and cut it into small cubes.

Step 2

Warm up a couple of spoons of olive oil in a pan and ease down the pumpkin. Add as much water as it is necessary to cover the pumpkin, salt, pepper and some rosemary. Put a lid on the pan and let the pumpkin become soft. The cooking time depends on how big the pieces are, but for small cubes it should take around ten minutes.

Step 3

Take a small pan, and without adding anything, ease down the Italian sausage. Cook the sausage for 5 minutes at high heat and when is ready, put it into the other pan with the pumpkin. Add the gorgonzola and 3/4 of the walnuts too, stir and decrease the heat.

Step 4

Prepare the pasta. Cook it in salty boiling water as long as indicated on the box. For this dish, it might be better to choose a short type of pasta.

Step 5

When the pasta is ready, strain it and put it in the pan with pumpkin sauce. Increase the heat and stir the pasta for a couple of minutes, adding a handful of grated parmesan. Serve adding the last 1/4 of walnuts.