Mondays Menu: Pumpkin Baked Ziti

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 15 ounce can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 teaspoons dried sage leaves
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 pound ziti pasta

  cooked
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter 9×13 pan.
• 2 Cook sausage in large skillet over medium heat for about 8 minutes, until fat is
  rendered. Remove from skillet with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels and
  set aside. Discard fat from the skillet, leaving no more than 2 tablespoons.
• 3 Add onion, garlic, cayenne pepper and oil to the skillet. Cook, stirring
  occasionally until soft. Stir in pumpkin puree, chicken stock and sage. Mix
  together and add salt. Bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer 5 minutes.
  Stir in cream and sausage. Simmer until the sauce comes together and is
  thickened slightly.
• 4 Add cooked pasta and parsley to the skillet and gently toss all the ingredients
  together. Spoon into prepared pan. Sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese and
  bake for 35 minutes until topping is golden brown.

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