Cheesy Béchamel Sauce Penne Pasta

Swathi Emaya
Swathi Emaya @swathi_cook

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Presenting you the tasty cheesy creamy white sauce penne pasta for quick n scrumptious dinner 😍😋🧀🍝 "Life is a combination of magic and pasta." Creamy white sauce pasta aka béchamel sauce pasta is one of my favorite pasta recipes. It’s cheesy and oh so good! Packed with veggies, this is a great way to make kids eat their veggies! If you like pasta dishes , you would definitely try this one out. It’s super cheesy and has just the right touch of garlic and other spices making it another “go-to” dinner recipe!

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Ingredients

30 min
3 servings
  1. 1 lbpenne pasta
  2. 3 tbspbutter
  3. 2 tspminced garlic
  4. 2 tbspflour
  5. 1 cupmilk
  6. 2 tspMixed herbs(dried parsley/ Italian seasoning/ Oregano)
  7. 1 cupgrated Parmesan/ Mozzarella cheese
  8. to tastesalt and pepper
  9. 4 cupswater
  10. 1 cupMixed Veggies(carrot, beans, bell pepper, mushrooms)
  11. 1 tspchili flakes
  12. 1 tbspolive oil
  13. 1/2chopped onion

Cooking Instructions

30 min
  1. 1

    In a large pan, add 4 cups of water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp oil and let it boil well. Then add the pasta, cook as per the package instructions.

  2. 2

    Once pasta is cooked, strain it using a strainer and rinse it once under cold water and keep it aside.

  3. 3

    Melt butter in a medium pan, add garlic, onion and saute for 1 minute over medium heat.

  4. 4

    Then add Veggies and saute for about 3-5 mins. If you want veggies to remain crunchy. Remove the veggies from pan and set aside.

  5. 5

    Meanwhile in another large sauce pan, melt 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp olive oil, add 2 tbsp flour and stir well without forming lumps. Then add 1 cup milk(you can add 1/4 cup little heavy cream as well) and mix well.

  6. 6

    Once you get creamy consistency, add 3/4 cup cheese, mixed herbs, pepper,salt,chili flakes and Cook until sauce boils and thickens.

  7. 7

    Stir in the boiled pasta and the sauteed veggies. Toss until the pasta and veggies are coated with the sauce. Taste test and adjust the seasonings at this point.
    Serve white sauce pasta immediately out of the pan with more grated parmesan cheese if needed. Tastes best when fresh. Enjoy!

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