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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.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 8 servings
Calories 255 kcal

Equipment

  • Sauce Pan
  • Whisk
  • Cooking pot

Ingredients
  

Basic & Simple White Sauce Pasta

  • 1 cup Pasta

For White sauce (bechamel sauce)

  • 2 tablespoon Unsalted Butter
  • 2 tablespoon All Purpose Flour | Plain Flour (you can use whole wheat flour)
  • 300 ml Milk (cold | chilled)
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon White Pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • ½ teaspoon Dry Chilli Flakes optional
  • ½ cup Cheese I used parmesan

White Sauce Pasta with Vegetables

  • 1 cup Pasta
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 1 Carrot chopped
  • 1 cup Broccoli
  • ¼ cup Green peas
  • ½ teaspoon Dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon Red chilli flakes
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup Cheese

For garlic flavoured white sauce

  • 2 tablespoon Butter
  • 4 cloves Garlic chopped finely
  • 2 tablespoon All Purpose Flour | Plain flour (you can use whole wheat flour)
  • 300 ml Milk (cold | chilled)
  • ½ teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • ½ teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon Ground 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.

      Video

      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.

      Nutrition

      Serving: 1servingsCalories: 255kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 9gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 38mgSodium: 305mgPotassium: 252mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1899IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 219mgIron: 1mg
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