Penne con la zucca -  Pasta penne with pumpkin sauce

Pasta with pumpkin sauce

Ingredients for 4 people:

400 gr. of pasta penne
350 gr. of pumpkin, cut into small cubes

1/2 onion, chopped
2 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper
Parmisan cheese
Ginger

Put the olive olive in frying pan and fry gently the chopped onion until soft, then add the pumpkin cubes. Add a little bit of water, salt and pepper and some ginger (to your taste)

Frying onions

Cook gently for about 15 minutes, until the pumpkin is nice and soft. Put the onion and the pumpkin into a blender and blend until you have a smooth cream.

Onions and pumpkin

Cook the pasta penne in some boiling salty water, drain and add the pasta to the cream. Serve with lots of Parmisan Cheese.