Pumpkin and sausage pasta
Using a full-flavoured sausage, such as chorizo, means you won't have to use much to give the dish lots of flavour.
Instructions
Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water.
While the pasta is cooking, chop the pumpkin into evenly-sized chunks of about 5cm. Put the pumpkin pieces in a dish in the microwave and cook on high for 3 minutes.
Chop the capsicum and pepper into 10cm chunks and slice the sausage into 5cm slices.
Spray a large pan with a little oil and place over a high heat. Fry the onion, sausage and capsicum until soft and browned slightly. Add the pumpkin to the pan and toss.
Drain the pasta and add to the pan, and mix everything together. Serve in bowls with a green salad.
- Recipe by:
- Niki Bezzant
- Styling:
- Sally Travis
- Photography:
- Bruce Benson
First published August 2005
Recipe Information
Portions: 4
Time to make: 30 minutes
Total cost of all ingredients: $8.08 / $2.02 per serve
- High fibre
Ingredients
- 500g packet pasta shapes (bows or penne)
- 400g pumpkin butternut (about 1/2 a butternut)
- 2 chorizo or frankfurters (or any smoked sausage from the deli)
- 1 large red capsicum
- 1 red onion
- spray olive oil
Nutrition Information
| per serve | |
|---|---|
| Energy |
2375
kJ
(573 Cals) |
| Protein | 22.8g |
| Fat - saturated |
10.9g
3.5g |
| Carbohydrates - sugars |
95.9g
12.3g |
| Dietary Fibre | 7.7g |
| Sodium | 285mg |
| Calcium | 65mg |
| Iron | 3.0mg |
| * NS: Not specified | |
HFG Tip
Make it vegetarian: use soy sausages instead of meat ones. Bean Supreme have a selection of delicious vegetarian sausages - even the biggest carnivore is likely to enjoy them!
