Best 8 White Sauce For Pasta Recipes

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If you're looking for a quick, creamy, and flavorful sauce to elevate your pasta dishes, a white sauce is a must-try. With its versatility and ability to complement a wide range of ingredients, this classic sauce can transform simple pasta into a delectable and comforting meal. From traditional recipes using béchamel or velouté as a base to modern variations incorporating cheese, herbs, and vegetables, there are countless ways to create a white sauce that suits your preferences. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a beginner in the kitchen, this guide will provide you with the essential tips and tricks for crafting the perfect white sauce that will turn your pasta nights into culinary adventures.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

WHITE SAUCE FOR PASTA



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This is a basic white sauce that can be used for pasta or vegetables. Add your favorites for lasagna, and it's great! This can also be used as a cream soup base.

Provided by Neaner

Categories     Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 5 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 12

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup margarine
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups cream or 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon rosemary, crushed
1 dash nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese

Steps:

  • Melt butter and margarine in saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add flour and stir.
  • Add milk and cream, stir.
  • Mix together broth and cornstarch add to saucepan.
  • Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
  • Boil one minute.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Add salt, spices and cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 627.8, Fat 56.7, SaturatedFat 31.8, Cholesterol 153.1, Sodium 1404.7, Carbohydrate 14, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.6, Protein 17.1

WHITE SAUCE PASTA RECIPE



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Tired of eating Red Tomato Pasta? Try this White Sauce Pasta! With its silky smooth and aromatic sauce made from butter, milk and all purpose flour (maida), it's a guaranteed way to delight your taste buds. Similar to Tomato Pasta, White Pasta is also extremely simple to make and takes only 15-17 minutes; prepare lightly spiced aromatic fresh white sauce, stir-fry the veggies, boil the pasta, and mix them all. Easy, isn't it? This White Sauce Pasta Recipe explains the entire cooking process with step by step photos to make cooking it even simpler for new as well as expert cooks.

Provided by Foram

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

3/4 cup Penne Pasta or any Pasta
1/2 teaspoon Salt
4-5 cups Water
1/2 teaspoon Oil
1/4 cup chopped Carrot
1/4 cup chopped Green Capsicum
1/4 cup chopped Red Capsicum
1/4 cup chopped Broccoli
Salt to taste
1½ tablespoons Butter
1 teaspoon finely chopped Garlic, optional
1½ tablespoons Maida (all purpose flour)
1½ cups Milk (250 ml)
1/4 teaspoon dried Oregano, optional (or pizza seasonings)
1/4 teaspoon Red Chilli Flakes
A pinch of Black Pepper Powder (or crushed pepper)
Salt to taste

Steps:

  • Boil raw pasta according to the instructions given on the package or follow following instructions; Take 4-5 cups water in deep sauce pan, bring it to boil over medium flame. When it start boiling, add 3/4 cup Penne pasta and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  • Boil them until al-dente (cooked but not very soft). It will take around 10-12 minutes. To check whether pasta is cooked or not, take one pasta in a fork and bite it. If it is little firm to bite, it is cooked. If it is too hard to bite, it requires more cooking.
  • Transfer cooked pasta to a large colander and drain excess water.
  • While pasta is cooking, heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a pan or kadai over high flame. Add 1/4 cup chopped carrot, 1/4 cup chopped green capsicum, 1/4 cup chopped red capsicum, 1/4 cup chopped broccoli and salt.
  • Stir and cook until veggies are little cooked but still crunchy, for around 2-3 minutes. Turn off the flame and transfer them to a plate.
  • Heat 1½ tablespoons butter in the same pan or kadai over medium flame. Add 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
  • Add 1½ tablespoons maida (all purpose flour).
  • Stir continuously and cook for a minute.
  • Pour 1½ cups milk little by little while stirring continuously with a whisk.
  • Stir and mix for 1-2 minutes.
  • Reduce flame to low. Continue stirring and cooking until mixture starts to thicken. It will take around 3-4 minutes depending on the size and thickness of the pan. When mixture starts to coat the back of a spoon as shown in the picture here, it means that it has started to thicken.
  • Add 1/4 teaspoon oregano, 1/4 teaspoon red chilli flakes, a pinch of black pepper powder and salt.
  • Mix well.
  • Add sautéed vegetables and pasta.
  • Turn off the flame. Mix well.
  • Transfer it to a serving plate. White sauce pasta is now ready. Garnish it with grated cheese and serve while they are still hot.

WHITE SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Yield 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups hot milk
3 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper

Steps:

  • Melt the butter in a medium size sauce pan. Stir in flour to make a paste and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. Stir continuously, don't allow paste to brown. Remove pan from heat and whisk in hot milk. Return pan to medium high heat and whisk continuously, especially along sides and bottom to prevent lumps. Heat sauce to a simmer and season.

WHITE SAUCE FOR PASTA



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My husband lived in Italy for 3 years, so he's really picky about his Italian cuisine! I needed a great meal that was super-quick one night for his dinner; I had spicy battered shrimp on hand that I wanted to use and a couple choices of dried pasta. This sauce sounded perfect to tie it all together! Served over tortiglioni pasta with salad and toasted Italian bread. Just like I spent all day on dinner. It is really hard to mess-up this kind of white sauce. In my opinion, it was very much like an Alfredo sauce! Of course there is very little difference in the two sauces.

Provided by KEIRISTY

Categories     Side Dish     Sauces and Condiments Recipes     Sauce Recipes     Pasta Sauce Recipes     Creamy

Time 15m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons margarine
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cube chicken bouillon, crumbled
1 ½ cups boiling water
1 cup 2% milk
ground white pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Melt butter and margarine in a saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in flour and bouillon until roux is well blended. Continue to cook and stir until thickened and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium and whisk water into roux until smooth. Stir in milk; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes more. Season with white pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 153.2 calories, Carbohydrate 7.8 g, Cholesterol 20.3 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 418.8 mg, Sugar 2.9 g

BASIC WHITE SAUCE



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For years, I've used this smooth white cream sauce for pasta to make many dishes. The recipe can easily be doubled or tripled. -Lois Gelzer, Standish, Maine

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 10m

Yield 1 cup.

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
Dash white pepper
1 cup 2% milk

Steps:

  • In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually whisk in the milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Use immediately or refrigerate.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 51 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 12mg cholesterol, Sodium 81mg sodium, Carbohydrate 3g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

PASTA WITH WHITE SAUSAGE SAUCE



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Pasta and sausage are a combination that usually suggests a dense, heavy tomato sauce. But it can also mean the very opposite. Sausage, used in small amounts, can contribute to a relatively light, almost delicate pasta sauce. In fact, sausage is a gift to the minimalist cook: it comes already seasoned, and its seasoning can be used to flavor whatever goes with it. The technique is simple. It's easiest to start with bulk sausage, or patties, because then there's no need to remove the meat from a casing. (Though that is easy to do: Just slit the casing with a sharp knife and peel it off.) You crumble the sausage into a little melted butter, which adds smoothness to the final sauce (omit it if you prefer), add water or other liquid and finish with grated Parmesan.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories     dinner, easy, quick, pastas, main course

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 tablespoon butter
1/2 pound sweet or hot Italian sausage (if using link sausage, remove it from the casing)
1/2 cup water, white wine or red wine
1/2 pound cut pasta like ziti
1/2 cup or more freshly grated Parmesan
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta.
  • Put the butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. As it melts, crumble the sausage meat into it, making the bits quite small, 1/2 inch or less. Add the liquid, and adjust the heat so that the mixture simmers gently.
  • Cook the pasta until it is tender but not at all mushy. Reserve about 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water.
  • Drain the pasta, and dress with the sauce, adding a little of the reserved cooking liquid if necessary. Toss with salt, pepper and Parmesan, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 489, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 21 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 614 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams

BASIC ITALIAN WHITE CREAM SAUCE (LIKE AN ALFREDO OR BECHAMEL)



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This recipe is for a basic Italian White Cream Sauce (like an Alfredo or bechamel) for Pasta, Chicken, Shrimp, etc. You can add other ingredients to suit your liking, this is the basic version - goes great over Fettuccine or Tortellini... you can also add 1 teaspoon oregano or parsley to flavor. If you throw in some bacon, carmelized onion & a handful of frozen peas & serve over pappardelle it is absolutely fabulous!

Provided by BlondieItaliana

Categories     Sauces

Time 15m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup butter
3 -4 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons parmigiano, grated
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 ounce prosciutto (finely sliced then shredded **optional**) (optional)
1 dash salt

Steps:

  • Melt butter in small saucepan cooking over low to medium heat, stirring for about 5 minutes.
  • Add flour and stir until the butter and flour are well combined. Pour in cream & remaining ingredients, stirring constantly as it thickens.
  • Add more cream or flour depending on desired consistency.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 215.3, Fat 22.5, SaturatedFat 14.1, Cholesterol 71.3, Sodium 132.1, Carbohydrate 3.1, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 1.1

WHITE SAUCE PASTA



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Spagetti with white sauce and chicken.

Provided by big-joe

Time 45m

Yield Serves 2

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

  • Equipment list:
  • Scales
  • chopping board
  • sharp knife
  • measuring jug
  • ballon wisk
  • colander
  • sieve
  • two sauce pans
  • wooden spatula
  • Preheat the oven to 200C
  • Measure out 25g of plain flour, 25g of margerine, 250ml of milk and 70g of cheese then place them all and the mustard powder into a saucepan and stir well with a hand wisk
  • Cut the two chicken fillets into chunks of any size you wish and put them in the oven for 30 mins on 200C
  • Slice the pepper and mushrooms into fine pieces then add them into a DIFFERENT saucepan or a frying pan and fry until soft
  • Meanwhile bring the white sauce slowly to the boil, stirring all the time until the sauce thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the grated cheese
  • Once the peppers and mushrooms are done add them and the sweetcorn into the white sauce. Then take out the chicken (when finished) and also add it to the white sauce.
  • Boil some water in the saucepan and cook the spagetti until 'Al Dante'
  • Add 3/4 of the spagetti into the bottom of your bowl/plate then the white sauce and then the rest of the spagetti on top.
  • Finally top it with the remains of the grated cheese and ENJOY !!!

Tips:

  • For a smoother sauce, use a blender or immersion blender to blend the sauce until smooth.
  • To make a thicker sauce, add more flour or cornstarch to the roux.
  • To make a thinner sauce, add more liquid, such as milk or cream.
  • To add flavor to the sauce, add herbs, spices, or grated cheese.
  • Serve the sauce immediately over pasta, vegetables, or meat.

Conclusion:

White sauce is a versatile and delicious sauce that can be used in a variety of dishes. It is easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With a few simple ingredients, you can create a creamy and flavorful sauce that will elevate any meal. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy way to add some flavor to your meal, give white sauce a try. You won't be disappointed!

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