Roasted Pumpkin Macaroni
This warming vegan roasted pumpkin macaroni is the ultimate plant-based comfort food, and just the thing to keep you snuggly in this cold weather.
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
(Servings: 4)
- 0.25 0.25 kg pumpkin (substitute with butternut squash)
- 0.5 0.5 Tbsp lemon juice
- 18.75 18.75 g grated vegan parmesan (or 15g nutritional yeast flakes)
- 0.125 0.125 tsp powered garlic
- 0.25 0.25 tsp mustard powder
- 0.25 0.25 tsp grated nutmeg
- 75 75 ml Alpro Oat Unsweetened drink (or your favourite unsweetened plant milk)
- 0.5 0.5 Tbsp Olive oil (plus a little extra for oiling the squash)
- 0.25 0.25 bunch of sage
- 25 25 g hazelnuts (roughly chopped)
- 100 100 g macaroni
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 celsius
- Cut the squash in half lengthways and scoop out and discard the seeds. Score the flesh with a cross hatch pattern using a sharp knife, brush lightly with a little oil, season generously with salt and pepper. Place on a parchment lined baking tray flesh side down and cook in the oven for 50-60 mins or until completely soft all the way through, you can check this by piercing the flesh with a knife.
- Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions in seasoned water.
- Whilst the pasta is cooking, scoop the flesh from the butternut leaving the skin behind and place in a blender or processor along with the lemon juice, vegan parmesan, powdered garlic, mustard powder, 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, Alpro Oat Unsweetened drink and nutmeg.
- Heat the sauce through on the hob, adjusting the seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
- Heat the remaining tbsp. of olive oil in a small pan over a medium heat and fry the sage leaves and hazelnuts until crispy.
- Mix the pasta into the sauce and spoon into bowls, top with the sage and hazelnuts to serve.
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