Penne With Pumpkin Cream Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 (15 ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more
• parmesan cheese, for topping
• 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until al dente. drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking water.
• 2 in the same pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. add the onion and season with salt and pepper; cook, stirring, until softened, about 6 minutes. stir in the pumpkin and heavy cream and bring to a boil.
• 3 return the pasta to the pot along with the reserved pasta cooking water and toss. stir in the parmesan; season with salt and pepper.
• 4 top the pasta with the parsley and more parmesan.