Cream cheese pasta is easy vegetarian pasta made in just a few minutes, i.e. in less than 15 minutes. That's great for your busy dinner or lunch recipes.
This pasta is made with cream cheese sauce and a few more ingredients that are readily available in every pantry. This is a quick vegetarian dinner recipe that takes less than 15 minutes. To this pasta, you can add any vegetables of choice like mushrooms, broccoli, or zucchini for extra nutrition without any extra effort or time.
Ingredients You'll Need
Pasta - Any pasta will go well for this recipe. You can use spaghetti, penne, fusilli, rigate, etc.
Cheese - Cream cheese for the sauce. Also, the addition of parmesan cheese to this makes the pasta cheesy and yummy.
For vegan consider using vegan cheese sauce instead of cream cheese. Vegan cheese sauce can be made in many ways like cashews, white beans, mushrooms, etc.
Olive oil - Olive oil adds a nice flavor to the pasta. Saute garlic to infuse the flavor plus while serving drizzle some more extra virgin olive oil.
Garlic - Fresh garlic adds a nice flavor to the pasta. Substitute this with garlic powder.
Seasonings - oregano, chili flakes, salt, and pepper.
How to make pasta with cream cheese?
Cook pasta al dente
Heat water in a pot. Bring it to a boil. Add salt generously and then add pasta to the boiling water. Boil them till it's just cooked. Strain out once these are cooked. Reserve some of the pasta water for further use while making the pasta sauce.
Saute garlic in olive oil
Freshly minced garlic sauteed in olive oil infuses flavor to the pasta. Heat oil and add lots of fresh garlic pressed or minced. Saute on low flame so that the oil will absorb the garlic flavor nicely.
Make cream cheese sauce
To the pan add cream cheese followed by the pasta cooking water. Stir well to make it a smooth sauce consistency. Add parmesan cheese. Stir till smooth.
Season and mix pasta
Add the seasonings (oregano/ Italian seasonings) to the sauce. Then add cooked pasta and mix them gently and thoroughly. Sprinkle some more parmesan cheese, and crushed black pepper and drizzle some more extra virgin olive oil.
No need to add extra salt since the pasta water already has salt in it. Add salt only if necessary.
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Cream Cheese Pasta Recipe
Cream Cheese Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 cup dry pasta penne pasta or any of choice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 - 3 garlic minced
- ยฝ cup cream cheese
- ยผ cup grated parmesan cheese optional
- 1 tsp oregano seasoning optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- ยฝ tsp red chilli flakes
Instructions
- Heat water in a pot. Bring it to a boil.
- Add salt generously and then add pasta to the boiling water.
- Boil them till it's just cooked.
- Strain out once these are cooked.
- Reserve some pasta water before drain out.
- Heat oil and add lots of fresh garlic pressed or minced.
- Saute on low flame so that the oil will absorb the garlic flavor nicely.
- To the pan add cream cheese followed by the pasta water reserved earlier.
- Stir well to make it a smooth sauce consistency.
- Add parmesan cheese. Stir till smooth.
- Add the seasonings (oregano/ Italian seasonings) to the sauce.
- Then add cooked pasta and mix them gently and thoroughly.
- Sprinkle some more parmesan cheese, crushed black pepper/ red chilli flakes, and drizzle some more extra virgin olive oil.
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