Penne With Sausage And Rich Pumpkin Sauce

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 (1 lb) can mashed pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable stock or 1 cup vegetable broth (can sub. chicken flavor)
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 -3 ounce cream cheese, cubed
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 dash hot sauce
• 1 lb bulk sausage, cooked,drained
• dry wine (optional)
• enough cooked penne pasta, for 4 servings
• 1/2 toasted pine nuts
• chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 in frying pan, saute sausage til done, crumbling, drain gease, dump into small bowl, set aside.
• 2 in same pan, saute in olive oil the red pepper, onion and carrot til very tender.
• 3 in food processor, puree all ingredients til smooth*except the sausage, penne, pine nuts and fresh parsley.
• 4 pour mixture back into rinsed pan, add sausage and heat over low til heated through.
• 5 serve over hot pasta, garnish with pine nuts and parsley.
• 6 *ifsauce is too thick for your liking, add a little dry wine to it.