Not your usual spaghetti recipe, this is made with a rich and thick pumpkin puree along with some infused burnt garlic oil and chopped tomatoes in the final sauce. A flavourful and unique vegan pasta recipe that will be loved by all.
This isn't one of those traditional spaghetti sauces that you're used to. The sauce is made with pumpkin puree which has the flavour of burnt garlic infused inside the oil. The sauce further has some chopped tomatoes and is adjusted to the correct consistency with the vegetable stock. This is a delicious vegan pasta recipe, where the sauce is made without using any animal products.
Quick and Easy Burnt Garlic and Pumpkin Spaghetti
Here’s a pasta recipe that is simple to make, tastes incredible, gets ready in just 30 minutes and most importantly is vegan. If you are following a vegan diet or planning to, this would be one of the top additions to your menu. An easy to make spaghetti with pumpkin and burnt garlic puree!
1) In a nonstick fry pan, add some oil and lightly saute whole garlic cloves in it for a few minutes till the flavour is infused.
2) Add sliced onions into the pan and sweat them, top it off with cubed pumpkin and fry them for a few minutes.
3) After this add the chilli flakes, maple syrup with salt and pepper and dried herbs. Toss them all together.
4) Blend it into a fine puree and set it aside. Slit a tomato from the top and blanch it in boiling water for a minute and then take the peel off and chop it.
5) Transfer the pumpkin puree in a fry pan. Reduce it a little then add the spaghetti and chopped tomatoes and then add some vegetable stock to make it into a sauce.
6) Serve it hot onto a plate in a mound of pasta. Garnish with some parsley and olive oil.
Expert Tips
Saute the garlic slowly and thoroughly to infuse as much garlic flavour as possible.
Do not blend the hot pumpkin as that might burst open the blender with pressure.
The vegetable stock is necessary to adjust the consistency of the puree and make it into a sauce.
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