Cream Cheese Pasta
Cream cheese pasta is easy vegetarian pasta made in just a few minutes, i.e. in less than 15 minutes. That's really great for your busy dinner or lunch recipes.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 cup dry pasta penne pasta or any of choice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 - 3 garlic minced
- ½ cup cream cheese
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese optional
- 1 tsp oregano seasoning optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ 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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Notes
No need to add extra salt since the pasta water already has salt in it. Add salt only if necessary.