This is Take-out Tuesday with a twist today, I do have a great recipe to share but first let’s join the fun for Celebrate & Decorate’s Fall Tablescape Hop
I have been hopping with this group through several seasons, and you won’t want to miss any of their fabulous tables and ideas! A big Thank You to our leader Chloe!
Today we’re going to dine at a Pumpkin Farm to kick off the beginning of Fall 🏈
This particular pumpkin farm is located on the Alabama Gulf coast, where we are all praying for our neighbors just west of us in Texas and Louisiana…
Since the farm is seaside, most of the pumpkins are blue and white
You can pick your own for just $5
You will work up an appetite after pumpkin picking
Pour a beverage from one of the pitchers
Get comfy at the table
It’s loaded with fat burlap pumpkins and a grapevine one
Pumpkin plates and glasses
Pumpkin pillows in the chairs for lounging
White pumpkin salad plates atop turquoise dinner plates on orange rattan chargers with wooden handled flatware and a soft fringed cotton napkin complete the place settings
The tablecloth is actually a thin cotton rug
Lots of sea blues to enjoy the views
Today’s special is…
Pumpkin pasta!
Perfect after a busy day at the pumpkin farm and those evenings when there is a nip of fall in the air
Italian sausage & ham combine with canned pumpkin, a little cream, seasonings and Parmesan cheese to form a dreamy sauce for pasta
Make it up to 24 hours ahead of time, refrigerate and bake when desired
PUMPKIN ALFREDO PASTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND HAM
Ingredients
- 2 links sweet Italian sausage
- 2 big slices spiral sliced ham [use your leftover holiday ham!]
- 8 oz. penne rigatoni, or any tubular pasta
- 1 medium onion diced
- 3/4 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup 1/2 and 1/2 cream or heavy cream divided
- 1 cup canned pumpkin [not pumpkin pie filling]
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- salt and pepper
- 4 oz. freshly grated Parmesan or Italian blend cheese, divided
Instructions
- Remove casing from sausage and brown, crumble and drain.
- Saute onion in reserved sausage drippings and 1 T butter. When onion has caramelized, after 15-20 minutes, add ham and cook for a few minutes.
- Add sausage back to skillet and set aside.
- Cook pasta in salted boiling water until just barely done. Drain and put into a greased 2 quart baking dish.
- Top with meat mixture.
- Using the same skillet you cooked the onion and meats, combine pumpkin, chicken broth and 3/4 cup cream. Simmer over medium low heat, stirring to combine.
- Add cinnamon and nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste. Add half of the cheese and stir to melt.
- Stir most of the remaining cheese into meat and pasta mixture, reserving some cheese for garnish after baking
- Pour sauce over pasta and meat in casserole and gently toss to combine. Drizzle with reserved 1/2 and 1/2.
- Cover and refrigerate for up to two days. Bake covered at 300 for one hour. Garnish with remaining cheese. Serves 6.
Notes
Thank you for visiting the Pumpkin Farm today!
Hope you enjoy the hop this week visiting all these wonderful bloggers!
Monday
Everyday Living
Home is Where the Boat Is
My Kentucky Living
Bluesky Kitchen
My Thrift Store Addiction
Tuesday
Rattlebridge Farm
Knock it Off Kim
The Painted Apron
Savvy Apron
Living With Thanksgiving
Wednesday
Sweet Sensations
Red Cottage Chronicles
Twelve On Main
Life and Linda
Rosemary and Thyme
Thursday
Me and My Captain
Starfish Cottage
Our Crafty Mom
Dining Delight
Celebrate and Decorate
Friday
A casa di Bianca
Hey Fitzy
Red Cottage Chronicles
Rustic & Refined
Supper Table Talk
Juicy Details
I customized the original sign with a little paint
I painted over most of the black on this sign with acrylic paint, making a pretty aqua by mixing bright blue, green and white
Many of the things I used for this post are things I’ve made, click on the green highlighted titles to go straight to the tutorials
Chalk Paint Galvanized Pitcher
Pumpkins, Pumpkin Farm, and many other fall items are also available in my Society 6 Shop here
Sources of other items:
pumpkin sign, pumpkin plates, grapevine pumpkin form, small stripe pitcher/Old Time Pottery
tablecloth rug/Hobby Lobby several years ago
wood trimmed flatware/Bed Bath & Beyond
Thank you for your visit!
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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Rustic and Refined, Between Naps on the Porch, Gardens Galore Make it Pretty Monday
Coastal Charm, Cooking and Crafting with J&J, The Scoop, A Stroll Thru Life
Celebrate and Decorate, Moonlight and Mason Jars Creatively Crafty
Full Plate Thursday Foodie Friday & Everything Else Thursday Favorite Things