Pumpkin Sage and Sausage Baked Gnocchi
It doesn’t get any more comforting than pumpkin sage gnocchi. Fall is here to stay, so celebrate the fall season with this cheesy, baked pasta! And it proves pumpkin can go savory, too!
Dish Count :: 1 Saucepan, 1 Skillet, 1 Baking Dish

The Purge has begun. No, no this isn’t the box office Ethan Hawke movie bomb… The Purge of the last five years of one-bedroom apartment life has begun. It’s not until you start undoing the last however-many-years-you’ve-lived-in-one-place of stuff that you realize how much utter crap you have, like a $3 flower vase that hasn’t actually held flower in probably just as many years. I’m all for keeping the useful, but getting rid of the fluff. This is coming from the girl that wants a tiny house, so maybe that says something.

Or, it says that I severely take after my own mother who dispenses with the useless like it’s no tomorrow. My mom and bonus dad are champion “tiny house livers”, not because they live in a tiny house per se… they live in small quarters but it’s not a house. It’s a small travel trailer that they have lived in while building their dream house. Over the last years they have mastered the living situation and I’m taking note. We aren’t moving into a tiny house either – much to my dismay – but never the less, it’s time to get rid of the junk.
With Ben and I on different schedules, the move is going to prove challenging (*cough* already is…), because I’m getting rid of stuff as he sleeps, only to find him standing over the PILE of throw away stuff I’ve deemed junk only to have it questioned – like said $3 vase. If it wasn’t me in this situation, it would be completely comical to see grown adults bickering over a cheap glass vase, but right now I’m in a mood to purge and once it’s in the pile, there is no turning back.
Don’t worry, I haven’t been lurking and throwing his stuff out, just my own. But he will probably be sleeping with one eye open from now until the move is done.

The other side of the Purge is that the food in the fridge is going to all get eaten before we move, too. Moving time is the perfect chance to eat through those stores you have of canned goods that well, they’re just to heavy to haul. I’d rather eat those 75 cent cans of green beans than haul them to the new place. I mean, I was cleaning out the back of my baking cupboard and found a can of condensed milk I bought that I actually needed a can opener for!
How old was this can? It was so old that it had turned into dulce de leche in the back of the cupboard. And I didn’t even need a slow cooker to do it! I should shudder, but it was fine and I’m still alive to tell the tale, so it wasn’t like prehistoric…
But regardless – it’s time to purge and one of the other things I found to get rid of was a package of gnocchi! Talk about the perfect way to purpose it in this pumpkin sage and sausage baked gnocchi! And with pumpkin, sausage and goat cheese, you will be seeing STARS friends. STARS. Clean out your cupboards ASAP and make this tonight!
Ingredients for Pumpkin Sage and Sausage Baked Gnocchi
- Gnocchi
- Onion
- Sage Pork Sausage
- Pumpkin Puree
- Spaghetti Sauce
- Garlic
- Basil Leaves
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Goat Cheese,
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt and Pepper

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Pumpkin Sage and Sausage Baked Gnocchi
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 25 Minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
Fall is here to stay, so celebrate the fall season with this cheesy, baked pasta! And it proves pumpkin can go savory, too!
Ingredients
- 1 package Gnocchi, prepared according to package directions
- 1/2 Onion, caramelized
- 1 pound Sage Pork Sausage (or use Plain Pork Sausage, add 1 Tbsp Dried Sage), cooked and drained
- 1 1/2 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 1 1/2 cup Spaghetti Sauce (your choice of flavor and brand, I used Newman’s Own Fire Roasted Tomato)
- 3 Cloves Garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup Basil Leaves, chopped
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 cup Goat Cheese, crumbled
- 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a skillet, cook sausage until browned and cooked through. Drain and set aside.
- Caramelize onion over medium high heat. Set aside.
- Prepare gnocchi according to package directions in one sauce pan with salted water.
- In saucepan that the gnocchi was cooked in, stir together pumpkin puree, spaghetti sauce, chopped basil, garlic, red pepper flakes, half of the goat cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring the mixture to a simmer and heat through.
- Add in gnocchi, sausage and caramelized onion. Fold the items together until gnocchi are completely coated in sauce.
- Pour the mixture into a baking dish. Top with remaining mozzarella and goat cheese.
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 25 minutes until the cheese has melted and the casserole has heated through. Remove from oven and serve immediately.
Keywords: Pasta, Pumpkin, Recipe, Cheese
Pure comfort right here! Absolutely LOVE how you’ve made pumpkin savory – just have to try this soon, printed and pinned 🙂
This look just amazing. I am in complete agreement with Annie, pure comfort!
Sage and pumpkin go so well together! Great dish!
Ohhh I swoon. This casserole looks heavenly!
You crack me up!! Your parents are “house livers” bahaha I have parents who are “house kidneys”! Sorry!! It made me laugh. This whole post made me LOL, cause I have been doing a major purge since my kids went back to school. It took me a 3 days just to clean out my laundry room. And why am I keeping all the legs of jeans that my kids have cut off??? like 50 jean legs since 2004?? weird. I could upholster a chair with all that denim!
XO Sheila
Mmmm….love me some gnocchi!! This looks insane……off to clean out the cupboards!
I absolutely HATE clutter. My parents tend to keep everything and that made me want to throw everything out.
This gnocchi is awesome and I can’t wait to try it out.
I am obsessed with gnocci!! This is definitely going in the dinner rotation. P.S. My mom is the champion of throwing things away. If you put something on the counter, it’s the in the trash 3 seconds later.
Moving is the worst! Especially the fridge and pantry. I have so many bottles of opened condiments, nuts, spices, pastas etc. and I never know what to do with them. Ahhhhh!! This gnocchi looks fabulous. I don’t think I’ve ever baked gnocchi into a casserole before. Great idea! Can’t wait to try it!
Such an awesome comfort dish, and so easy to make. Love it!
Purging is a good thing. . a very good thing. . when we moved from LA to Seattle, we had movers and I didn’t have time to go through things so we moved everything, which made sense at the time but then I was left with boxes and boxes of stuff that I hadn’t used in years! anyway, damn this pumpkin-sage-sausage-baked-gnocchi looks SO good! win win, my friend.
This looks comforting to the MAX! I’d love spoonful or two with a big piece of crusty bread.
This is my kind of comfort food! Loving all of that cheesy goodness!
Wow, this looks so good, I just want to dive right in! I love gnocchi… and sausage… and pumpkin… and sage!
Love these flavors! Perfect fall comfort food!
This is my kind of dish!! Looks yummy…and you can’t go wrong with baked cheese and gnocchi!
Mmm! Pumpkin, sage, and sausage is probably my favorite combination.
I loooove moving because it’s such a good chance to really get rid of the crap. My husband is SUCH a hoarder – I try to get rid of things he won’t notice whenever he’s deployed (like the 90s gigantic, boxy TV that we still have – ugh!) but there’s really nothing like moving.
Pumpkin, sage, sausage and gnocchi — ahhh, is there anything better than that? I think not! Good luck getting organized, I know, it’s pain in the butt!!!
I’m seeing stars already just looking at this glorious dish. Love the combo of pumpkin and goat cheese!
Oh – “The Purge” – that was such a strange movie. I liked it, in a weird way, and I hated it and I can’t read or hear the word “purge” without thinking of that crazy movie! But it also makes me think of moving, which I don’t love. But it’s always worth the effort on the other side! Good luck with the cleaning out! PS – totally loving this meal!
Oh man, I dread the day we have to move again. We live in a big (for us) house, and I have been shocked at how quickly we’ve been able to fill it up. It is definitely time for us to have a garage sale! This is the best clean out the pantry meal I’ve ever seen. Perfect comfort food!
Oh god yes I need this in my belly as soon as possible. Gnocchi is the best way to get me craving such hearty fall recipes.!
Gosh what a crazy way to use gnocchi. I am love it. I have never cooked with it, just ate it. I am going to have to try it. Too easy this way.
gah! I’m looooving this! sage & pumpkin is a match made in heaven..and with gnocchi..you’re speaking my comfort food love language! Can’t wait to try this this Fall!
Goodluck with the move!
I’m such a purger. I always say we should move often just to keep the level of stuff minimal. I am loving this gnocchi casserole!
Gnocchi’s my weakness and I had to check out the recipes since it looks so amazing but I was totally laughing over you trying to purge the house of the un-needed stuff.. It’s not my husband who’s that way but my MIL.. Oh my goodness she brings over the stuff she doesn’t want because the thought of giving it to Goodwill somehow kills her so I wait a few weeks to dispose of it myself.. I swear she is always asking where stuff is from 10 years ago! She also thinks our garage should be some kind of storage unit and can’t understand why we park our cars in there.. She cracks me up! Good luck on clearing out all the junk!
Not only to read need to spreed every one.
This looks delicious! Could you please tell me how many oz/lbs the gnocchi is that you use for this recipe. I usually buy trader Joe’s gnocchi and it seems like 1 small pkg wouldn’t feed 6 like this recipe says.
Would love to make soon. Please let me know. Thanks a bunch!
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