Cheesy Béchamel Sauce Penne 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 Manali, I made the sauce today for my mince penne pasta dish & must say it made all the difference to my pasta and had me saying 'Ooooh!
This cheesy version of the classic bechamel sauce is perfect for many dishes that need a mild-flavored sauce.
You can use it for macaroni and cheese, cheesy rice, vegetables, and many different pasta dishes.
The basic technique is to make a roux, which is a way.
You can have Cheesy Béchamel Sauce Penne Pasta using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Cheesy Béchamel Sauce Penne Pasta
- Prepare 1 lb of penne pasta.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of butter.
- You need 2 tsp of minced garlic.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of flour.
- It's 1 cup of milk.
- It's 2 tsp of Mixed herbs(dried parsley/ Italian seasoning/ Oregano).
- It's 1 cup of grated Parmesan/ Mozzarella cheese.
- You need to taste of salt and pepper.
- You need 4 cups of water.
- You need 1 cup of Mixed Veggies(carrot, beans, bell pepper, mushrooms).
- Prepare 1 tsp of chili flakes.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1/2 of chopped onion.
This Creamy Garlic Penne Pasta is a white sauce pasta that is great on it's own, but could be even heartier if you add chicken or another favorite meat. If you like pasta dishes I would definitely try this one out. It's super cheesy and has just the right touch of garlic and other spices making it another. Béchamel sauce (and in turn, cheese sauce) was one of the first things I ever learned to make when I was a young teenager starting to cook.
Cheesy Béchamel Sauce Penne Pasta instructions
- 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..
- Once pasta is cooked, strain it using a strainer and rinse it once under cold water and keep it aside..
- Melt butter in a medium pan, add garlic, onion and saute for 1 minute over medium heat..
- 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..
- 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..
- Once you get creamy consistency, add 3/4 cup cheese, mixed herbs, pepper,salt,chili flakes and Cook until sauce boils and thickens..
- 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!.
My mom used to make cheese sauce often to be baked with cooked pasta into a delicious macaroni and cheese layered with fresh tomatoes. One Skillet Cheesy Penne - the best homemade ragu sauce simmered right with the pasta for tons of extra flavor then loaded with cheeeeeeeese! Your whole family is going to LOVE this epic ONE Skillet Cheesy Penne (with meat sauce) and you are going to love how easy it is! This quick and easy penne pasta lasagna is lasagna made simple. If you wondering why it's so creamy it's because it has both tomato sauce and bechamel sauce plus three different kinds of cheese.