Pasta With Pumpkin, Black Olive And Rosemary Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g pasta (such as penne, fusilli or pipe rigate)
• 500 g fresh pumpkin (chopped into small cubes)
• 250 ml tomato passata
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 shallots (chopped finely)
• 1 garlic clove (chopped fine)
• 100 g smoked bacon or 100 g cubed pancetta
• 150 g black olives
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in pan, add the shallots and garlic and cook till soft. add the cubed bacon and pumpkin and cook for 5 more minutes.
• 2 when the pumpkin is softened add the basil and rosemary then add the tomato passata.
• 3 season with salt and pepper and add the wine. simmer for 20 minutes.
• 4 add the olives to the sauce when it is cooked.
• 5 when the pasta is cooked, toss in the pan with the sauce to make sure that the pasta is well coated with the sauce.