Easiest Way to Make Gordon Ramsay Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, creamy pumpkin mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy pumpkin mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pumpkin Mac & Cheese:

1. Make ready rigatoni
2. Prepare onions, finely chopped
3. Make ready garlic, minced
4. Get paprika powder
5. Take dried thyme
6. Get small (600 g) pumpkin, cubed
7. Prepare vegetable broth
8. Prepare spinach
9. Prepare grated cheddar
10. Get grated old cheese
11. Make ready salt and pepper
12. Prepare 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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