Savory Pumpkin Sauce Over Rotini
Recipe type: Sauce
Cook time: 
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 8 pieces of bacon, crumbled
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tbsp. white wine vinegar
  • 1 can of pure pumpkin puree
  • ½ cup milk (or half and half if you want it heavier)
  • 1 tsp. nutmeg
  • salt (to taste)
  • red pepper flakes (to taste)
Instructions
  1. Fry up bacon. Reserve grease. Let bacon cool on plate. Crumble.
  2. Saute shallots and garlic in bacon grease for 2-3 minutes or until a nice fond forms.
  3. Add vinegar and scrape bits from bottom of pan. Let reduce for 2 minutes or so.
  4. Add pumpkin and milk to pan. Stir.
  5. Add remaining spice.
  6. Let simmer on low heat for five minutes.
  7. Serve over penne or rotini.
  8. Sprinkle with bacon crumbles and fresh nutmeg.
Recipe by Saucy Dipper at https://www.saucydipper.com/3867/savory-pumpkin-sauce-over-rotini/