Recipes | Menu Ideas | Rate and Review | Recipe Zazz

Ingredients

The ingredients are:

1 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
1 red onion (halved and sliced)
180 grams bacon rashers (6 shortcut bacon rashers chopped - similar to Canadian bacon in style)
500 grams pumpkin (butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into 2cm cubes)
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
4 sprigs fresh thyme
1 cup chicken stock (The recommend Massel chicken style stock)
250 grams dried spaghetti
1 head broccoli, cut into small florets
1/4 cup thickened cream
Toasted pine nuts, to serve
Fresh basil leaves, to serve
Finely grated parmesan, to serve

Step 1: Heat oil in a large heavy-based saucepan or flameproof casserole dish over medium-high heat and add onion, bacon and pumpkin and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onion is softened and then add garlic and thyme and stir to combine.
Step 2: Add chicken stock and 2 cups cold water and cover and bring to the boil and then add spaghetti, reduce heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Step 3: Add broccoli and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until pasta and broccoli are tender and the sauce has thickened.
Step 4: Remove from heat and remove and discard the thyme sprigs and then stir in cream and season with salt and pepper.
Step 5: Serve pasta sprinkled with pine nuts, basil leaves and parmesan.

This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.

If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.

Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.