on Apr 09, 2019, Updated Oct 20, 2020 This white sauce pasta recipe is seriously taking me back to my childhood. Back then we didn’t really know all the fancy pasta names and recipes, so this is what my mom made at home. A basic bechamel sauce pasta that was whisked to creaminess along with lots of veggies and macaroni – it was pure comfort food! Obviously, my recipe is slightly more fancy. Instead of macaroni, I now use rigatoni pasta and mozzarella cheese (a step up from the highly processed Amul cheese from 20 years ago), but the satisfaction of eating homemade pasta is still the same.
Base of White Sauce Pasta – Bechamel Sauce
Bechamel sauce is a simple sauce made usually with butter, flour and some kind of liquid (milk/stock). Equal amounts of butter and flour are used and the flour is generally cooked in melted butter for a minute or so to get rid of the raw flour. After which, milk is added slowly to the pot while whisking continuously. As the milk mixes with the flour and warms up, it gradually starts to thicken and after a few minutes of whisking and simmering what you are left with is a silky smooth sauce.
The Secret to One Pot White Sauce Pasta
I’ve realized that you can use the same method even if you add veggies before you add the flour and milk. This way you reduce one step where you make the sauce separately and then mix everything together. Which is what we’ve done here. Saute the veggies in oil and butter and then add milk and flour to the same pan. You will still need to keep whisking continuously but this is so much faster and you don’t dirty an extra pan! I feel like this is almost a one pot recipe, except for boiling the pasta. Which makes it such a big mess-free hit for dinner! You can also easily add some shredded chicken or cooked shrimp if you want to add some protein. Just mix it up when you are adding the pasta. If you add more veggies or protein, you may have to increase and adjust the amount of milk in the recipe so that you still have enough sauce. This is such a fun, easy recipe that I’m sure you’ll be making it on repeat!
Watch How to make White Sauce Pasta Recipe Video (Step by Step)
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