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Rosemary Pork and Butternut Rigatoni Bake

Rosemary-scented ground pork and sweet butternut squash simmer with rigatoni right in a rich tomato-broth sauce, finished in the oven under a crunchy pumpkin and sesame seed crust.

Rosemary Pork and Butternut Rigatoni Bake

Ingredients

  • 1 lb450 gGround pork, 84% lean
  • 10 oz280 gPasta, dryrigatoni
  • 3 cups700 gLow-sodium chicken broth
  • 14 oz400 gDiced tomatoes, canned
  • 2½ tbsp40 gTomato paste
  • 2½ cups cubed350 gButternut squash, peeledcut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 medium110 gYellow oniondiced
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 4¾ cups chopped100 gKalestems removed, chopped
  • 2¼ tsp10 gOlive oil
  • 1¾ tsp2 gDried rosemarycrumbled
  • 1¼ tsp3 gPaprika (sweet or smoked)
  • ½ tsp1 gCrushed red pepper
  • ½ tsp3 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ⅓ cup grated30 gGrated Parmesandivided
  • 3 tbsp25 gPumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  • 1½ tbsp15 gSesame seeds
  • 3 tbsp20 gPlain dry breadcrumbs

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Dice the onion, mince the garlic, cube the butternut and chop the kale.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the ground pork and cook, breaking it up, until browned and it reaches 160°F (71°C), about 7 minutes.
  3. Add the onion and butternut and cook 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, tomato paste, rosemary, paprika, red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper and cook 1 minute.
  4. Pour in the chicken broth and canned tomatoes and bring to a boil. Stir in the pasta, cover, lower the heat and simmer 10–12 minutes, stirring now and then, until the pasta is just tender and most of the liquid is absorbed.
  5. Stir in the kale and half the parmesan until the kale wilts.
  6. In a small bowl, mix the pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, breadcrumbs and the remaining half of the parmesan to make the seed crust; scatter it over the pasta.
  7. Bake the Dutch oven uncovered 15–20 minutes until bubbling and the crust is golden. Rest 5 minutes before serving.

Contains: Milk, Gluten, Sesame. Some brands contain egg, soy.

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