Spiced Chicken Sausage Pumpkin Pappardelle Pasta is hearty and full of delicious fall flavors that will keep you coming back for more. Pumpkin pasta sauce recipes add comfort and warmth, and are perfect for the season.
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!
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?
Spiced Chicken Sausage Pumpkin Pappardelle Pasta
Spiced Chicken Sausage Pumpkin Pappardelle 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 it’s own. That said, I do think it’s always nice to add a salad — something light, something fresh.
Heirloom Apple Salad (below) is perfect for fall and would lovely with this cozy dish.
I hope you and your family love the pumpkin pasta as much as we do!
This recipe is hearty, cozy and full of delicious, warming, fall flavors that will keep you coming back for more.
- 8- ounces dry Pappardelle pasta
- olive oil for the pan and pasta
- 3/4- pound raw sweet chicken sausage (about 4 links)
- 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 (I like Sambal Oelek)
- 1/4 cup cream sherry
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1/2 cup pumpkin purée
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water until it's aldente. (Aldente 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.
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Drizzle just a bit of olive on the bottom of a large sauté pan (about 12-inch). Place the pan over medium heat and squeeze the sausage 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. (Here's How to Season to Taste.)
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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.
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Serve!
Patricia@FreshFoodinaFlash says
October 28, 2016 at 5:03 pmValentina – I think you like the same things I do, because this recipe sounds yummy! I want to try it.
valentina says
October 28, 2016 at 5:10 pmGreat minds think alike, right? 😉 xoxo
Allison - Celebrating Sweets says
October 29, 2016 at 4:34 pmThese flavors sound absolutely fabulous! Perfect comfort food.
Christina | Christina's Cucina says
October 29, 2016 at 4:38 pmI 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
October 29, 2016 at 5:08 pmThat’s real comfort food. I love how you added cinnamon here, it does give a delicious and unusual flavour!
valentina says
October 29, 2016 at 5:52 pmThanks Diana! Yes, SO comforting, and the cinnamon makes it even more so. 🙂 Enjoy the season.
Elizabeth @ SugarHero.com says
October 30, 2016 at 12:43 amI’ll never get tired of pumpkin recipes in the fall! Bring on more pumpkin, I say! Plus this pasta looks fabulous!
valentina says
October 30, 2016 at 10:16 amMany thanks, Elizabeth. I’m with you! 🙂
Platter Talk says
October 30, 2016 at 1:09 amThis dish sounds extremely good and perfect for fall! Thank you.
valentina says
October 30, 2016 at 10:17 amThank you for visiting and checking out my recipe. 🙂
jayne says
October 30, 2016 at 3:04 amI love using sausages in pasta sauce! haven’t tried chicken sausages though, great idea and great with pumpkin
valentina says
October 30, 2016 at 10:17 amThank you, Jayne. I especially love sausage with the wide Pappardelle. 🙂
David says
October 30, 2016 at 4:24 pmLove 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
October 30, 2016 at 10:57 pmI hope you enjoy this one, David. I couldn’t get enough of the pasta — Pappardelle is my favorite!
Coco in the Kitchen says
October 31, 2016 at 12:46 pmThis looks SO good, Valentina!
I have to make it tonight.
Hope you guys have a fun and safe Halloween. xo
valentina says
November 6, 2016 at 8:00 pmHope you loved it! And hope you and your little one had a fun Halloween, too! 🙂
Diane says
November 1, 2016 at 12:22 pmThis looks SO good!!
valentina says
November 6, 2016 at 7:59 pmThank you Diane! Enjoy! 😀