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Quick and easy to make, this sweet potato fettuccine in a gorgonzola sauce is a great way to enjoy Italian without the gluten. Dried cranberries plus 5 other simple ingredients come together to make the most delicious pasta dish.
save this recipe!We love veggie pasta around here. There’s the tried and true zucchini noodles, the ribbony asparagus noodles, and even some Asian-inspired carrot noodles. So it was just a matter of time before I set my sights on sweet potatoes.
I had no idea how these would turn out when I conjured up the thought of them. Would they get crispy and crunchy? Would they be too moist and fall apart? Or would they be everything I dreamed they could be? I think you can guess the answer 😋
This has quickly become one of my favorite ways to cook with sweet potatoes.
Reader rating
“My daughter and I loved it! Tasted better than I expected – I couldn’t picture sweet potatoes made this way but it was good! I used walnuts in place of pine nuts as that’s what I had on hand, and half and half in place of cream.” —Julia
here’s what you’ll need
Jump to the recipe card for the full quantities.
- Sweet Potatoes: I use a few large orange sweet potatoes. If you’re wondering if you can use yams, you can! Much of what we call yams are actually sweet potatoes. Check out the difference between yams and sweet potatoes here.
- Olive Oil: For roasting everything. Avocado oil works well too.
- Pine Nuts: These add just the right amount of crunchiness and nuttiness to break through the sweetness. They can be expensive, so feel free to use walnuts instead.
- Gorgonzola Cheese: Nicknamed Italian blue cheese, you can find it next to the blue cheese in the specialty cheese section.
- Heavy Cream: Just a bit helps the sauce come together. Readers have had luck using half and half in place of the heavy cream, just be sure to heat it slowly so it doesn’t curdle. Half and half has a much lower fat content, so it can curdle under high heat.
- Dried Cranberries: You know how sweet potatoes are always paired with other fall staples like cranberries. Well, there’s a reason! They are a match made in heaven.
how to cut sweet potato noodles
We’re making these sweet potato noodles without a spiralizer. Partly because sweet potatoes are too firm for most spiralizers, and mostly because fettuccine noodles are simply the best. To make these sweet potato fettuccine noodles:
- Stack the slabs and slice into fettuccine noodles.
- Peel the sweet potatoes.
- Cut into thin slabs, using either a mandolin slicer (easiest way) or a large knife.
how to make sweet potato fettuccine
Here’s a quick overview. Jump to the recipe card for the full instructions.
- Prep the noodles as noted above.
- Toast the pine nuts to bring out their sweetness.
- Cook the noodles to soften them.
- Make the sauce in a separate saucepan. Then add it all together!
why not boil the noodles?
Rather than boiling the noodles (which would make the sweet potato too mushy), we’re going to cook these noodles in a sauté pan. To cook sweet potato noodles, we’ll briefly sauté them with a splash of oil until they’re slightly tender.
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Sweet Potato Fettuccine in Gorgonzola Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled
- 1 Tbsp olive oil, 15 mL
- 2 Tbsp pine nuts, 20 g
- 4 oz gorgonzola cheese, 113 g
- ¼ cup heavy cream, 60 mL
- ½ cup dried cranberries, 60 g
Instructions
- Cut Noodles: Peel skin from potato. Use a mandolin slicer or large knife to cut potato into long, thin slabs. Slice each slab into fettuccine-shaped noodles (stack a few slabs to make this go faster).
- Toast Pine Nuts: In a small saute pan, toast pine nuts over medium heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Cook Noodles: In a large saute pan, heat oil over medium heat and add sweet potato noodles. Cook covered, stirring frequently, until noodles are slightly tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Warm Sauce: In a small sauce pan, heat gorgonzola and cream over medium-low heat until cheese has melted and mixture is warm. Remove from heat and stir in cranberries.
- Serve: Toss everything together and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information calculated by Sarah Bond, degreed nutritionist.
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This looks delicious! Adding to my ‘Try This’ list right now 🙂
Thanks Kara! Let me know how it goes!!
Uh, yes, please! I love the flavor combo on this! So yummy!
Thanks Leah! Gorgonzola anything is always a winner in my book 🙂
Oh yes’ this is getting pinned!
This looks amazing! I’ve never thought about making a sweet potato “pasta” before but I’m sold.
LiveLifeWell,
Allison
When I got my spiralizer last year I tried to pasta-fy EVERYTHING, but sweet potatoes wouldn’t spiralize so I gave up on them. Turns out they can still be pasta!
OH EM GEE!! You just seriously made my day with this recipe. You have managed to turn a splurge into something healthy and fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
I thought it was real fettuccine pasta!! What a great idea, I love the amazing color, taste combination, everything!
Doesn’t it look just like fettuccine?! I wasn’t expecting it to mimic the look and texture so much! And the potato makes it so much more tender than most veggie spiralized noodle recipes, almost like real fettuccine. Thanks so much for stopping by, Teresa!
It looks Great I can’t wait I am making it tonight for dinner Can I use milk or half/ half to cut down on the calories?
I am trying to keep my meals 400 calories each
Hi Florence, I haven’t personally tried it yet but I think half & half would work! Remaking this one again soon and will test out some lightr options!
Hi Sarah,
This recipe looks scrumptious! The sweet potato in the recipe looks very much like a yam, and I say this because of the orange colour! So before I make this please let me know if indeed it is a sweet potato!
Thank you so much for your lovely, delicious & very nutritious recipes, which my husband and I love to cook!
Dianette Lavergne Mayhew
Hi Dianette! That’s a great question. I actually dive into the difference between yams and sweet potatoes here. Basically what many of us call yams are actually sweet potatoes. For this recipe, essentially just look for “soft sweet potatoes”, or the classic orange one. Enjoy!
Meh. Super rich and didn’t live up to expectations. Husband loved it though, so it got 3 stars.
Thanks for letting us know how it went!
My daughter and I loved it! Tasted better than I expected – I couldn’t picture sweet potatoes made this way but it was good! I used walnuts in place of pine nuts as that’s what I had on hand, and half and half in place of cream.
Yay! So happy to hear it, Julia! 😀