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    Home » Lunch and Dinner Recipes

    PASTA IN HOMEMADE WHITE SAUCE

    Published: Jul 11, 2016 · Modified: Dec 6, 2019 by Kushi · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce is a incredibly delicious and creamy dish prepared using basic ingredients from your kitchen.
    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce / Bechamel SaucePasta is one of my favorite comfort food. It is hearty, filling, tasty and super easy to make. Whether I am hungry after a long day at work, or need to prepare a late night snack, or pack lunch box for my family during the morning rush - pasta is generally my go to dish. There are in fact gazzillion types of pasta shapes, pasta sauces and recipes. While I try several of them on a fairly regular basis, most of those times I am so busy that I do not end up clicking photos to share the recipe with all of you. Over the past year several of you have requested me to post pasta recipes that use homemade sauces. Today, I am going to share with you one of my all time favorite and very basic and easy to make pasta prepared with homemade white sauce or bechamel sauce. The sauce recipe calls for very basic ingredients, which I am sure you can find in every kitchen and you will see shortly that it is super easy to put together.

    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce / Bechamel Sauce

    The trick is to use medium-low flame to cook the flour until light golden and aromatic, and to keep stirring the sauce as it cooks and thickens to desired consistency. Once the sauce is cooked you can take it to a whole different level by adding some freshly grated nutmeg, your choice of cheeses and cooking and stirring it further till the cheese melts. It is really hard to mess up with this kind of sauce 🙂
    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce / Bechamel Sauce
    Add your choice of herbs and veggies to make the pasta even more wholesome. In this recipe I have added some chopped sun-dried tomatoes cured in olive oil and some sliced kalamata olives. Give this recipe a try and let me know how it turned out. You can also try out other similar recipes like shrimp scampi pasta , cheese tortellini with tuscan herb sauce, and ravioli with roasted garlic sauce .

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    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce / Bechamel Sauce

    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce

    Kushi
    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce is an incredibly delicious and creamy dish prepared using basic ingredients from your kitchen in less than 30 minutes.
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 20 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Dinner
    Cuisine Italian
    Servings 2 people
    Calories 784 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 6 oz Pasta of your choice (180 gram)
    • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
    • ½ Onion , finely chopped
    • 2 cloves Garlic , finely chopped
    • 1 or 2 Green chilies or Serrano pepper, finely chopped
    • ½ teaspoon Dried parsley
    • ½ teaspoon Dried basil leaves
    • 4 oz Mushroom , chopped
    • ½ Capsicum / Green bell pepper, chopped
    • Salt , to taste

    For the white sauce

    • 2 ½ tablespoon Olive oil
    • 2 tablespoon All purpose flour
    • 1 ¼ cup Whole Milk
    • 1 slice Cheese (I have used Fontina cheese)
    • 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
    • Nutmeg , a small pinch
    • ¼ teaspoon Black pepper powder
    • Salt , to taste

    Other ingredients

    • 2 tablespoon Sun-dried tomatoes , chopped
    • 1 tablespoon Olives , chopped
    • Cilantro / Parsley / Basil leaves, chopped for garnish

    Instructions
     

    Step 1

    • Heat oil in pan. Add the chopped onion and pinch of salt and saute till onion becomes translucent.
      1 tablespoon Olive oil, ½ Onion, Salt
    • Now add in garlic, green chilies and saute for another one minute.
      2 cloves Garlic, 1 or 2 Green chilies
    • Add in the mushroom, parsley, basil and saute till mushroom develops some color.
      ½ teaspoon Dried parsley, ½ teaspoon Dried basil leaves, 4 oz Mushroom
    • Finally add the capsicum and saute for one or two minutes.
      ½ Capsicum
    • Transfer this to plate. Keep this aside.
    • Cook the pasta according to the package instructions while you start preparing the sauce in the next step.
      6 oz Pasta

    Step 2

    • In the same pan prepare the sauce. Add 2 ½ tablespoon of olive oil and all purpose flour and saute it on medium-low heat for 2 minutes until the paste cooks and becomes smooth and light golden in color. Do not allow it to brown.
      2 ½ tablespoon Olive oil, 2 tablespoon All purpose flour
    • Add in the milk and stir it constantly until the mixture bubbles and thickens.
      1 ¼ cup Whole Milk
    • Now add in the cheese slice, parmesan, salt, nutmeg, black pepper powder and cook for another 2 minutes. The sauce is ready.
      1 slice Cheese, 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, Nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon Black pepper powder, Salt

    Step 3

    • To this sauce, add in the sauteed ingredients (from Step 1), cooked pasta (from Step 1), olives, and sun-dried tomatoes and mix well till combined.
      2 tablespoon Sun-dried tomatoes, 1 tablespoon Olives, Cilantro
    • Garnish it with some more olives, sun-dried tomatoes, and cilantro/parsley if desired.
    • Pasta in Homemade White Sauce is now ready. Serve hot with bread and enjoy.

    Notes

    Tips:
    1. I started with 1 cup of milk and added additional ¼ cup for desired consistency.
    2. Add more milk depending on the consistency desired.
    3. If you like it cheesy, increase the amount of cheese in the recipe.
    4. You can substitute olive oil with butter or vegetable oil.
    5. If you like it spicy add pinch of cayenne powder.
    6. Use fresh or canned mushrooms.
    7. I have used dried herbs. You can substitute it with fresh ones if desired.
    8. Vary the ingredient amount as per your taste.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 784kcalCarbohydrates: 93gProtein: 24gFat: 36gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 504mgPotassium: 943mgFiber: 8gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 1350IUVitamin C: 53mgCalcium: 359mgIron: 3mg
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

    Pasta in Homemade White Sauce | Pasta in Bechamel Sauce | Pasta in cheesy white sauce

    Detailed steps to prepare Pasta In Homemade White Sauce

    Preparation time : 30 minutes
    Serves : 2

    Ingredients for Pasta In Homemade White Sauce

    Pasta of your choice - 6 oz or 180 g
    Olive oil - 1 tbsp
    Onion finely chopped - ½
    Garlic cloves finely chopped - 2
    Green chilies / Serrano pepper finely chopped - 1 or 2
    Dried parsley - ½ tsp
    Dried basil leaves - ½ tsp
    Mushroom chopped - 4 oz
    Capsicum / Green bell pepper chopped - ½
    Salt - to taste

    For the white sauce
    Olive oil - 2 ½ tbsp
    All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
    Whole Milk - 1 ¼ cup
    Cheese - 1 slice (I have used fontina cheese)
    Parmesan cheese - 1 tbsp
    Nutmeg - a small pinch
    Black pepper powder - ¼ tsp
    Salt - to taste

    Other ingredients 
    Sun dried tomatoes chopped - 2 tbsp
    Olives chopped - 1 tbsp
    Cilantro / Parsley / Basil leaves chopped - for garnish

    Steps to prepare Pasta In Homemade White Sauce

    Step I

    • Heat oil in pan. Add the chopped onion and pinch of salt and saute till onion becomes translucent.
    • Now add in garlic, green chilies and saute for another one minute.
    • Add in the mushroom, parsley, basil and saute till mushroom develops some color.
    • Finally add the capsicum and saute for one or two minutes.
    • Transfer this to plate. Keep this aside.
    • Cook the pasta according to the package instructions while you start preparing the sauce in the next step.

    Step II

    • In  the same pan prepare the sauce. Add 2 ½ tablespoon of olive oil and all purpose flour and saute it on medium low heat for 2 minutes until the paste cooks and becomes smooth and light golden in color. Do not allow it to brown.
    • Add in the milk and stir it constantly until the mixture bubbles and thickens.
    • Now add in the cheese slice, parmesan, salt, nutmeg, black pepper powder and cook for another 2 minutes. The sauce is ready.

    Step III

    • To this sauce, add in the sauteed ingredients, cooked pasta, olives and sun dried tomatoes and mix well till combined.
    • Garnish it with some more olives, sun dried tomatoes and cilantro / parsley if desired.
    • Pasta In Homemade White Sauce is now ready. Serve hot with bread and enjoy.

    Tip:

    • I started with 1 cup of milk and added additional ¼ cup for desired consistency.  Add more milk depending on the consistency desired.
    • If you like it cheesy increase the amount of cheese in the recipe.
    • You can substitute olive oil with butter or vegetable oil.
    • If you like it spicy add pinch of cayenne powder.
    • Use fresh or canned mushrooms.
    • I have used dried herbs. You can substitute it with fresh ones if desired.
    • Vary the ingredient amount as per your taste.

    Pasta In Homemade White Sauce / Bechamel Sauce

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    Comments

    1. Chetan Kini

      July 26, 2016 at 10:42 pm

      Im seeing this for the first time.... chillies in a white sauce pasta ..... does it go well?

      Reply
      • Kushi

        July 26, 2016 at 10:50 pm

        The red ones are sun dried tomatoes. I have added one green chilie for the spiciness and it tastes good.

        Reply
      • Chetan Kini

        August 01, 2016 at 12:56 pm

        Tried this one .... tastes amazing! 🙂

        Reply
        • Kushi

          August 01, 2016 at 6:18 pm

          Thank you Chetan 🙂 I am glad you liked it

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