Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage is mixed with Pappardelle — it’s hearty, delicious and makes for an ideal fall meal. Pumpkin pasta sauces add comfort and warmth, and are perfect for the season.
Inspiration for Pumpkin Chicken Sausage Pasta Recipe
Pumpkins!
You’re seeing them through windows, on doorsteps, in fields and in every single store — they’re everywhere!
- pumpkin pies
- pumpkin cookies
- pumpkin coffee cake
- pumpkin bread puddings
- pumpkin mashed potatoes
- pumpkin short ribs
They’re starring in all sorts of recipes. It happens every year, and I actually feel overloaded — inundated with pumpkins!
However, I simply couldn’t help myself. I just can’t seem to make it through a fall season with adding at least one new pumpkin recipe.
And why should I? Pumpkin is delicious after all, and its undeniable creamy texture lends itself to recipe after recipe. I’ve been experimenting with pumpkin pasta sauce recipes, and the one I’m sharing today is simply over-the-top-delicious!
Pumpkin + Sage
And there’s a reason it’s so common to add sage to pumpkin recipes, especially to pumpkin pasta sauce recipes. I just couldn’t help but do it.
And why should I? Pumpkin and sage is simply delicious together! Like peanut butter and jelly, like chocolate and hazelnuts, like mushrooms and sherry — it just works. Know what I mean?
About this Pumpkin Chicken Sausage Pasta
Pumpkin Chicken Sausage Pasta is everything fall is meant to be in the kitchen — it’s full of warming spices, pumpkin and sage, and it’s a hearty, scrumptious comfort food through and through!
And it’s fun to experiment with pumpkin pasta sauce recipes — you can mix it up by trying different spices and fresh herbs.
What to Serve with it
To be honest, I would easily and happily serve this on its own. That said, I do think it’s always nice to add a salad — something light, something fresh.
Persimmon Salad is perfect for fall and would be lovely with this cozy dish.
I hope you and your family love the this pumpkin Pappardelle dish as much as we do!
Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage
Ingredients
- 8 ounces dry Pappardelle pasta (or shape of your choice)
- olive oil for the pan and pasta
- ¾ pound (about 4 links) raw sweet chicken sausage
- 2 cups yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh sage leaves, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon chili paste
- ¼ cup cream sherry
- 1 cup chicken stock
- ½ cup pumpkin purée
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until it's al dente. (Al dente means "to the tooth." The pasta should be tender, but with a bite to it.) Drain the pasta, toss with a bit of olive oil, cover and set aside.
- Drizzle just a bit of olive oil on the bottom of a large sauté pan (about 12-inch). Place the pan over medium heat and squeeze the sausages from their casings into the pan. Break up the pieces with a wooden spatula and sauté just until cooked through, about 7 minutes. Add the cooked sausage to a bowl and set aside.
- Add the onions and garlic to the same pan over medium-low heat, adding a bit more oil if they begin to stick. Sauté, mixing often, until the onions are soft and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.
- Return the cooked sausage to the pan and add the sage, cinnamon and chili paste. Mix and sauté for another few minutes to blend the flavors.
- Turn the heat to high and add the sherry. Use a flat-edged spatula to scrape the bottom of the pan -- to bring anything that's stuck back into the mixture.
- Add the chicken stock and pumpkin and stir until blended. Turn the heat to low, simmer for 5 minutes and then season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add the cooked Pappardelle to the pan and gently mix until it's well coated with all of the ingredients. Let this cook on low heat just to be sure the pasta is hot, about 4 minutes.
- Serve!
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Patricia@FreshFoodinaFlash says
Valentina – I think you like the same things I do, because this recipe sounds yummy! I want to try it.
valentina says
Great minds think alike, right? 😉 xoxo
Allison - Celebrating Sweets says
These flavors sound absolutely fabulous! Perfect comfort food.
Christina | Christina's Cucina says
I love ravioli with pumpkin filling, but this is an easier way to get the same flavors! Pappardelle are my mother’s favorite pasta so I may give this a try when she arrives! Lovely plate, too!
Diana says
That’s real comfort food. I love how you added cinnamon here, it does give a delicious and unusual flavour!
valentina says
Thanks Diana! Yes, SO comforting, and the cinnamon makes it even more so. 🙂 Enjoy the season.
Elizabeth @ SugarHero.com says
I’ll never get tired of pumpkin recipes in the fall! Bring on more pumpkin, I say! Plus this pasta looks fabulous!
valentina says
Many thanks, Elizabeth. I’m with you! 🙂
Platter Talk says
This dish sounds extremely good and perfect for fall! Thank you.
valentina says
Thank you for visiting and checking out my recipe. 🙂
jayne says
I love using sausages in pasta sauce! haven’t tried chicken sausages though, great idea and great with pumpkin
valentina says
Thank you, Jayne. I especially love sausage with the wide Pappardelle. 🙂
David says
Love this! I really tend to prefer pumpkin recipes when they are savory rather than sweet. And I just saw chicken sausages at the market – can’t wait to try it. xo
valentina says
I hope you enjoy this one, David. I couldn’t get enough of the pasta — Pappardelle is my favorite!
Coco in the Kitchen says
This looks SO good, Valentina!
I have to make it tonight.
Hope you guys have a fun and safe Halloween. xo
valentina says
Hope you loved it! And hope you and your little one had a fun Halloween, too! 🙂
Diane says
This looks SO good!!
valentina says
Thank you Diane! Enjoy! 😀
Nancy Buchanan says
We’ve been on a pasta kick lately (yougest is training and needs carbs!) so this will be perfect – filled with all our favorites!!!
valentina says
Luck boy to need to eat more carbs. 😀 Love that. Thank you for checking it out. 🙂 ~Valentina
Mimi says
Perfection. When my girls were little, I snuck pumpkin into everything I could, breakfasts included. It was just for nutrition purposes, but I sure got hooked on everything pumpkin, including using it as a pasta sauce. I’m off to find your pumpkin braised short rib recipe, though. That’s certainly creative!
valentina says
I love that, Mimi. This is one of my favorite recipes with pumpkin. I think I almost like pumpkin more in savory dishes because it’s less expected. I have a feeling your girls grew up eating VERY delicious food! 🙂 ~Valentina