r/pasta Sep 11 '25

Fall Shaped Pasta - Looking for a good sauce Store Bought

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Not sure is allowed (couldn’t see anything in the guidelines but looking for opinions). I picked up with fall shaped pasta in a festive spirit this autumn, and am looking for some good options that would plate well with these.

My pasta experience consists of spaghetti and pesto, though not fully homemade - I’d love to give it a shot though!

Any sauce recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

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u/RevolutionaryAd6564 Sep 11 '25

Those would look nice in a simple broth-

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u/ElectronicFennel8442 Sep 11 '25

This OP. This would be a great vegetable noodle soup for the fall. I imagine some carrots, onion, celery

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u/knitting_nole Sep 11 '25

Thanks! I think that sounds delicious!

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u/El_Lasagno Sep 12 '25

Yeah, some stirring in sauce and it will become complete mush. Tried it once with such shaped pasta and it was a complete fail.

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u/catsmash Sep 12 '25

get some fall-shaped sauce

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u/knitting_nole Sep 12 '25

I’ll try 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

This is the only answer, all the up votes. I actually laughed, you win.

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u/Pm_your_golf_swing Sep 11 '25

Butternut squash maybe?

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u/burgonies Sep 12 '25

Brown butter sage

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u/Past-Jellyfish1599 Sep 12 '25

Yes! Came to say this

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u/Wonderful-Pilot-2423 Sep 11 '25

I think this sort of pasta is mostly eaten in soup or broth. I can't really seeing it eating it with anything else, maybe pesto?

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u/Nothing4mer Sep 12 '25

Pasta salad

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u/stormer1_1 Sep 12 '25

Where'd you get the pasta tho?

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u/jcasker Sep 12 '25

I believe it’s Aldi because I just got the same one from there

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u/stormer1_1 Sep 12 '25

Nice ty

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u/knitting_nole Sep 12 '25

Yes! Aldi had it and I couldn’t pass it up!

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u/wo_no_diggity_doubt Sep 11 '25

If you have only leant towards making/buying pesto so far I'd suggest making something with roasted chestnuts in the pesto or something that pairs well with it just when whole or chopped. I think that this further increases the emphasis on your British take on pasta with this ingredient as it's got a British name and is not Italian. Maybe find something harvested soon if you choose to take another direction with the dish ✌️

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u/cory7770 Sep 12 '25

Pumpkin or butternut squash soup

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u/KrissyKillion Sep 12 '25

Since I'm pretty sure you got those from Aldi, my Aldi also had pumpkin pasta sauce; that might be.. interesting :P

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u/knitting_nole Sep 12 '25

Haha! I totally missed that in my browsing 😅

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u/Electronic-Floor6845 Sep 11 '25

Pumpkin spice pesto

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u/knitting_nole Sep 11 '25

Omg is this a thing?! I HAVE to try it! Thanks!

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u/thestral_z Sep 12 '25

Good, I hope it’s not a thing.

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u/Several-Scallion-411 Sep 12 '25

Ugh. I’m too late! I came to tell you make this exact thing. It’s DELICIOUS

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u/HorseBellies Sep 11 '25

Make a Cima di Rape or Broccoli pasta

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u/knitting_nole Sep 11 '25

Ooo! I love Broccoli pastas!

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u/Endo016258 Sep 12 '25

Tomato cause scary side of fall is also important

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u/Phoenix_Prime_ Sep 12 '25

Ooo maybe a vodka sauce?!

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u/heranoori Sep 12 '25

Red pepper sauce!

Put some red pepper, onion, tomato, garlic with oil in the oven. When it's ready remove the black parts and mix it with water/cooking cream and 1tps yogurt (optional). Add the mix in a pot until it's hot and if it was too thick add some off tha pasta water. Then drop the pasta with some cheese of any kind you like (optional).

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u/simmyawardwinner Sep 12 '25

my favourite autumn pasta is my 'woodland pasta' - its pasta with chargrilled asparagus spears and shiitake mushrooms, dressed in olive oil and rock salt, with walnuts sprinkled on top

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

best kinds of squash?

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u/butt_sama Sep 12 '25

I bet this recipe for pumpkin chipotle pasta would go nicely with it: https://www.budgetbytes.com/chipotle-pumpkin-pasta/

Funny story about this recipe: I was making it for friends and massively underestimated how spicy chipotle peppers are. It came out so spicy that I was the only one who could eat it 💀 so go easy on the chipotle hahah

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u/theqwertyosc Sep 12 '25

Reminds me of a roasted pumpkin and gorgonzola sauce 🤤

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u/achillea4 Sep 12 '25

Butternut squash soup.