Three-cheese pumpkin and sage pasta bake

This speedy agree to in this area mac and cheese has no white sauce to advocate so saves a lot of time, without compromising not far off from flavour. Weve used orecchiette, whose name means little ears in Italian, but any sudden pasta will work.

The ingredient of Three-cheese pumpkin and sage pasta bake

1. 400g orecchiette pasta
2. 450g butternut pumpkin, peeled, seeded
3. 2 tbsp olive oil
4. 8 large sage leaves
5. 300g open ricotta
6. 60g (3/4 cup) finely grated parmesan
7. 180g (1 1/2 cups) grated extra-sharp cheddar
8. 2 tsp plain flour
9. 430ml (1 3/4 cups) milk
10. 2 tbsp pepitas (see note) (green pumpkin seeds)
11. 20g dried breadcrumbs

The instruction how to make Three-cheese pumpkin and sage pasta bake

1. Preheat oven to 200C fan-forced. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil and cook pasta for 9 minutes or until firmer than al dente.
2. Meanwhile, cut pumpkin into rough 1cm pieces. Place in a bowl similar to oil, then season subsequent to salt and pepper and toss to combine. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over medium heat. go to pumpkin, tear exceeding half the sage leaves and cook, tossing occasionally, for 5 minutes or until lightly golden and three-quarters cooked.
3. Process ricotta, parmesan, 120g (1 cup) cheddar, flour, 1 teaspoon salt and freshly sports ground black pepper in a food processor until smooth. mount up milk and process until smooth.
4. Drain pasta, then tip into a 1.5L (6-cup) ovenproof dish. Pour on top of higher than ricotta mixture, then stir up in pumpkin mixture. adjoin pepitas, breadcrumbs and long-lasting 60g (1/2 cup) cheddar in a bowl, tear in remaining sage leaves, later scatter on top of higher than pinnacle of bake.
5. Bake for 15 minutes or until culmination is golden. bolster immediately.

Nutritions of Three-cheese pumpkin and sage pasta bake

fatContent: 960.063 calories
saturatedFatContent: 45 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 22 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 93 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: 16 grams sugar
proteinContent:
cholesterolContent: 44 grams protein
sodiumContent: 93 milligrams cholesterol