This time of year, I start getting a little crazy with pasta. I begin to wonder how it would taste with sweet potatoes, ginger, and other flavors I associate with fall. Some of these are classic and expected: Sage, brown butter, butternut squash (like in this pasta). But I also like to push pasta beyond these wonderful yet simple combinations. How would pasta be with rutabaga? Or turnips? Or scrambled up with a huge mess of bitter fall greens — escarole, beet tops, winter spinach?
Do you do this? Do you crave pasta in the fall? If so, what is your favorite autumn pasta dish? A butternut squash lasagna? Scarlet beet pasta? How do fall and pasta go together?
Related: Recipe: Pasta with Butternut Squash, Sage, and Pine Nuts
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Pasta alla zucca! It's pasta served with sautéed pumpkins, garlic, parsley and olive oil. Sprinkle with parmesan and you are in autumn heaven !
Pasta Fazool for fall and winter. The combination of the beans, creamy melted cheese, bites of sausage and pasta is supreme comfort food.
I love Winter Squash (combination of butternut, acorn & delicata) over Pumpkin Fettuccine with a Brown Butter Sage Sauce and a dollop of ricotta!
Crumbled sausage, mushrooms, garlic, shallot, greek yogurt and mustard. Hits the spot every time.
Browned butter and sage with or without other additions. Its a great way to usher in fall.
it's spring here in tassie but we are still eating my dad's carefully-stored pumpkins from earlier in the year! in the cooler months, i love roasting pumpkins and root vegies and folding them through a home-made tomato sauce for my pasta. but now i'm looking forward to lighter, 'green' pastas - accompaniments like shredded zuchini, peas and green beans.
I don't eat a lot of pasta, but this orzo dish is making me salivate!
I crave pasta all year long, so fall is no different! Some are a little heavier, so I save them for cold weather though-- like linguine carbonara or tajarin with mushrooms and gorgonzola. I also love a good tuna noodle casserole in the fall, and I think I might have to make one later this week!