5 Pumpkin Pasta Dishes to Make for Dinner
These Food Network recipes incorporate pumpkin into simple pasta dishes that are a winning combination of fresh and filling.

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Pumpkin season is short, so we want you to make the most of it. In addition to carving pumpkins and making pumpkin pie, try cooking savory dishes with pumpkin this year. These recipes incorporate the season’s most-Instagrammed produce into simple pasta dishes that are a winning combination of fresh and filling.
Pumpkin Wonton Ravioli (pictured above)
In this recipe, Ree Drummond shares her timesaving secret to homemade ravioli: wonton wrappers. You’ll fill two wrappers with canned pumpkin and seal the ravioli with egg wash. Once you’ve cooked the ravioli in boiling water, you’ll top them with brown butter, Parmesan and fresh sage leaves.

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Anne Burrell’s hearty pasta is full of robust Italian flavors. Pancetta adds salt, the pumpkin is slightly sweet and broccoli rabe has a bitter bite. When you add them to al dente pasta, the flavors and colors come together in a dish that will make anyone think of fall.

Kang Kim
Make your tortellini Alfredo seasonal. This simple weeknight recipe uses canned pumpkin to amp up a basic cream sauce. Paired with cheesy tortellini, it’s a crowd-pleaser on busy nights when you need something flavorful fast.

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Giada de Laurentiis’ baked pasta will leave dinner guests in awe. Creamy ricotta and mozzarella are rolled into lasagna sheets and sauced with pumpkin and cream, baked and then topped with fried sage leaves. It’s a cozy dish, perfect for colder weather.

This recipe from Giada saves you time with premade pumpkin ravioli. You’ll toast hazelnuts in the oven to bring out their flavor. Then cooked ravioli are topped with brown butter and fried sage and garnished with chopped hazelnuts. For a finishing touch, grate amaretti cookies over the dish to add a layer of sweet almond flavor.
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