Pasta with Creamy Sweet Potato Sauce
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Pasta with Creamy Sweet Potato Sauce a try. One serving contains 444 calories, 23g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe serves 5. For $1.37 per serving, this recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Taste of Home has 59 fans. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. If you have sweet potato, garlic clove, pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. With a spoonacular score of 70%, this dish is solid. Try Creamy Sweet Potato Pasta, Creamy Okinawa Sweet Potato Pasta with Leeks and Pancetta, and Sweet Potato Enchiladas in Creamy Chipotle Sauce for similar recipes.
Servings: 5
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter
1 garlic clove, minced
2/3 cup 2% milk
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Additional shredded Parmesan cheese, optional
2 cups uncooked penne pasta
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon pine nuts
1 teaspoon rubbed sage
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 large sweet potato
Equipment:
microwave
bowl
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Directions Scrub and pierce sweet potato; place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 10-12 minutes or until tender, turning once. When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin. Place potato in a large bowl and mash with milk. Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet, saute pine nuts and sage in butter until pine nuts are toasted. Remove from pan and set aside. In the same skillet, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Stir in the sweet potato mixture, salt and pepper. Drain pasta, reserving 3/4 cup cooking water; add to sweet potato mixture. Stir in the cheese, pine nut mixture and reserved cooking water. Sprinkle with additional cheese if desired. Yield: 5 servings. Editor's Note: This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave. Originally published as Pasta with Creamy Sweet Potato Sauce in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations CookbookAnnual 2010, p135 Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup (calculated without additional cheese) equals 294 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 529 mg sodium, 46 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 11 g protein. Print Add to Recipe Box Email a Friend
Step by step:
1. Scrub and pierce sweet potato; place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 10-12 minutes or until tender, turning once. When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin.
2. Place potato in a large bowl and mash with milk.
3. Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet, saute pine nuts and sage in butter until pine nuts are toasted.
4. Remove from pan and set aside.
5. In the same skillet, saute garlic in oil for 1 minute. Stir in the sweet potato mixture, salt and pepper.
6. Drain pasta, reserving 3/4 cup cooking water; add to sweet potato mixture. Stir in the cheese, pine nut mixture and reserved cooking water. Sprinkle with additional cheese if desired.
Nutrition Information:
covered percent of daily need
