Cheesy tortellini topped with creamy pumpkin sauce with rich complex blue cheese, then all topped off with roasted sweet potatoes. Just says Autumn to my taste buds! I bring you, the fabulous Cheese Tortellini in Pumpkin Gorgonzola Sauce!
I love fall!
Fall. Autumn. Cooler weather. Heartier food. Sweater weather. Halloween decorating. These are the things that I’m thinking right now.
And Halloween decorating
I’m so excited to decorate for Halloween this year. It’s been many years since I’ve done any Halloween decorating. I use to go all out! We made tombstones and would put them in the front yard.
One year there were some tree trimmers that were chopping down a huge tree while I was out decorating. I asked them if I could have the branches and twigs. They were happy to provide them to me.
And, the tombstones had some eerie dead branches with dried crackly leaves. I have plastic spiders and flitty little ghosts. I have rubber rats and creepy dismembered plastic hands. I love Halloween. But, sadly, for the past few years my ghoulish collection has sat, unused up in the attic.
Not this year, my friends! All is right with the world, and I will be decorating! We are going all out, making, new tombstones, and a graveyard, and, and… well… maybe I’ll just have to post some pictures of this year’s decorations. All I can say is that I’m so happy and so excited! Halloween is and always has been My Favorite Holiday!
Cheese Tortellini in Pumpkin Gorgonzola Sauce with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Another pumpkin recipe!
With that excited utterance about my favorite holiday, I give you some yummy Cheese Tortellini in Pumpkin Gorgonzola Sauce with Roasted Sweet Potatoes. Can one ever have enough pumpkin recipes at their disposal at this time of year? I say, you can never have too many pumpkin recipes, my friends!
This one’s fun and really easy. While the sweet potatoes roast, mix up the almost instant sauce, and cook up some tortellinis. And, voila! Dinner is served!
Looking for other GREAT savory pumpkin recipes?
Here are some amazing ones! Pumpkin Coconut Soup, Pumpkin Pasta, and Pumpkin Lasagna.
Cheese Tortellini in Pumpkin Gorgonzola Sauce with Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Cheese Tortellini in Pumpkin Gorgonzola Sauce with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato scrubbed clean, cut into pieces, about ½ to 1-inch
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or light flavored oil of your choice
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 20 ounces cheese tortellini
- 1 can 15 ounce pumpkin puree
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon dried sage leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 can 12 ounce evaporated milk
- 3/4 cup 3 ounces crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- salt to taste
- fresh thyme leaves and additional pepper for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Place the cubed sweet potatoes in a large cast iron skillet or on a baking sheet, and drizzle with oil, sprinkle with cumin, salt, and pepper, and toss to coat. Roast, turning occasionally, for 25-30 minutes, or until crisp and browned outside and tender inside.
- While sweet potato roasts, cook tortellini in a large pot according to package directions. Drain.
- In a separate large saucepan, mix pumpkin, broth, sage, thyme, and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil.
- Stir in evaporated milk and Gorgonzola cheese. Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring frequently, until most of the cheese is melted. Taste for salt and pepper. If sauce is too thick, add a little water to thin it.
- Toss cooked tortellini with pumpkin sauce, and top with roasted sweet potatoes. Garnish with fresh thyme leaves, pepper, additional Gorgonzola, or grated Parmesan as desired.
Notes
DELICIOUS Debi!! Yummmmmmmm!
Oh, Debi! This is what I want to eat RIGHT NOW (and I haven’t even had breakfast yet)!!! Fantastic recipe! I adore pumpkin and blue cheese together. This sounds 100% amazing! Oh – and good luck with all the decorating and tombstones! My husband loves to go all-out for Halloween, too, but between all the soccer practices, cross-country meets, etc. some years we don’t quite get as festived-up as others! Hopefully this will be one of the super-spooky years at our house, too! 😀
This looks just fabulous, festive and fun! Thanks so much for stopping by Munching Mondays!!! xo Nic
Beautiful presentation! Love the Gorgonzola & seasonings with this!
You sealed the deal with the gorgonzola for me!! Love this recipe!!
Your photos capture this dish beautifully! Looks delicious!
You are a foodie after my own heart…I love pumpkin being in savory applications! Another fantastic recipe.
OMG!! This sounds amazing!! What a great fall flavor combo 🙂
Tortellini is so hard to pair with the correct ingredient. You have a great idea here of pairing it with Pumpkins
G’day one word? YUM! Love your recipe and sauce!