White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | White Pasta
White Sauce Pasta Recipe - a popular well known pasta dish which is loved by all just like tomato red pasta. Basic white sauce on pasta is a simple elegant dish which uses flour, butter and milk to make white sauce which is also known as bechamel sauce. Combine white sauce with cooked pasta, herbs and vegetables to create this filling creamy white pasta. Learn how to make white sauce for pasta with step by step pictures and video.
2tbspAll Purpose Flour | Plain flour(you can use whole wheat flour)
300mlMilk (cold | chilled)
½tspDried Oregano
½tspRed Chilli Flakes
Salt to taste
¼tspGround nutmeg
Instructions
How to make Basic White sauce pasta
Cooking Pasta
Start by cooking the pasta. Bring lots of salted water to a boil. Add in pasta and cook as per package directions Drain and set aside.
White sauce for pasta
When the pasta is cooking, start the sauce. Melt down butter in a pan. add in all purpose flour and mix well. Stir for few mins till the raw smell leaves away. Turn off the flame and pour in cold milk and keep mixing till it is mixed. Heat again and Cook this till it gets thick. Now add in salt, sugar. chilli flakes, pepper and oregano. mix well. Add in cheese and mix. Sauce done.
Mixing sauce with pasta
Once white sauce is ready. Add cooked pasta into the sauce. Toss pasta in the sauce and serve with a extra grating of cheese and herbs.
How to make white sauce pasta with vegetables
Cooking pasta
Start by cooking the pasta. Bring lots of salted water to a boil. Add in pasta and cook as per package directions Drain and set aside.
Cooking Vegetables
Heat olive oil in a pan. Add in carrot, peas, broccoli and stir fry for 2 minutes. Cover and cook till for another 3 minutes till cooked. Season with salt, oregano, red chilli flakes and mix well. Remove and set aside.
Making Garlic Flavoured white sauce
Heat butter in the same pan as cooking vegetables. add in garlic and fry for a min. Add in oregano and chilli flakes and mix well. Add in flour and stir for a minute till raw smell leaves.
Turn off the heat and add in cold milk and whisk constantly. Now turn on the heat again, whisk and cook till it thickens. Season with salt and nutmeg, mix well. white sauce is ready.
Finishing and serving white sauce pasta
Add the cooked veggies, grated cheese to the white sauce. Add cooked pasta and mix well. Season with herbs and salt. Serve.
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Notes
You can use whole wheat flour instead of plain flour.
Instead of butter, olive oil can be used.
Cooked chicken , prawns, vegetables and mushrooms can be added in this pasta.
You can increase milk quantity if you are planning to pack in lunch box.
Any pasta shaped can be used. Make sure you cook pasta till al dente.