Christina's Pumpkin Sauce
Thick pumpkin sauce that is delicious! Excellent on pasta or butternut squash ravioli. Yummy in a bread bowl as soup. All that fall flavor with a healthier twist! Garnish with grated Parmesan or chopped pecans.
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- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- ½medium yellow onion, chopped
- 1clove garlic, minced
- 1link apple-chicken sausage, diced
- 2cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1(15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- ½cup light sour cream
- ½cup 2% milk
- 2tablespoons light cream cheese
- 1teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1pinch ground cardamom
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
Step 1
Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add sausage; cook and stir for 5 more minutes. Add chicken broth and simmer for 5 minutes.Step 2
Stir in pumpkin puree, sour cream, milk, cream cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom until well blended. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with pepper.