20 February, 2023
WHITE SAUCE PASTA RECIPE
White Sauce Pasta Recipe. Creamy, cheesy and delicious pasta tossed in White Sauce or Béchamel Sauce. Quick and easy meal loved by everyone and very famous worldwide.
White Sauce is also known as Béchamel Sauce.
Also, Learn everything you need to know about Pasta, Pasta Shapes, Pasta Quality, Sauce and more with the links given below.
Pasta comes in various Shapes and Sizes. To know, Click here https://foodiegarima.com/pasta-types-and-shapes/
How To Check Pasta Quality, Click here to know https://foodiegarima.com/how-to-check-pasta-quality/
To know more about White Sauce, how it is made and how this is used to make other small sauces, click these links given below:
https://foodiegarima.com/derivatives-of-bechamel-sauce/ (White Sauce)
https://foodiegarima.com/five-mother-sauces-classification/
Let’s start with the recipe now.
INGREDIENTS:
For White Sauce,
Butter : Refined Flour : Milk = 1 : 1 : 10
1 Part of Butter, 1 Part of Refined Flour, 10 Parts of Milk
For Boiling Pasta, keep the ratio of Water to Pasta 10:1.
For 100 grams of Pasta, take 1 Litres of Water. There should be extra water so the pasta can roll in it. If the pasta is not rolling means it is not cooking properly.
Add 1 tsp Salt for 1 litre Water.
| For White Sauce | For Boiling Pasta | For White Sauce Pasta |
|---|---|---|
| 100 gm Butter (cut into cubes) | Water as required | ½ tsp Oil |
| 100 gm Refined Flour | ½ tsp Oil | Boiled Pasta |
| 1 Ltr Milk | Salt | Veggies of choice (Boiled) |
| Butter (for coating) | 2 cups Penne Pasta | 1 cup prepared White Sauce |
| 2 tsp Oil (for coating) | Processed Cheese | |
| Seasoning: Oregano, Red Chilli Flakes | ||
| 1½ tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil |
White Sauce Pasta Recipe
METHOD:
For White Sauce:
- Heat butter in a pan and gradually mix it with flour and cook well. Don’t cook it too much, we don’t want brown color. Cook it until the smell of raw flour goes away.
- When the mixture becomes foamy and starts changing its color, slowly and gradually add milk into the mixture. Whisk it thoroughly to avoid lumps forming. Cook it for 2-3 minutes until smooth, creamy and slightly thicken.
- Either add cloves into the mixture to enhance the flavor or use onions studded with cloves and bay leaf and cook it in milk. For the latter one, cut onions into two halves and pierce cloves in onions and cook it in milk. Infusion of some subtle flavors into the milk makes it more flavorful. But don’t add any strong flavor because white sauce is a Base.
- It is important to gradually cook the white sauce on slow gas. As it keeps cooking gradually, the starch present in the flour will start Gelatinizing which will give the dish a unique smooth texture and flavor. This flavor is created after combining milk with broken down starch.
- Transfer the prepared White Sauce into a bowl and coat it with butter cubes to prevent the formation of a thin flaky layer.
How To Boil Pasta Perfectly:
- Boil water in a pan until there is rolling boil in water. Wait for this rolling boil in water. Pasta will sit down if we add it before and it will not cook evenly. That’s why the water has to come to a rolling boil and then add pasta to it.
- Once it boils, add salt, oil, Pasta and cook it for 8-10 minutes or until Al Dente. (Al Dente means to the tooth or to the bite, means the stage where we can cut it with our teeth). Don’t over boil it. The more you cook the pasta, the more nutrition will be lost in water.
- Strain the excess water and coat the pasta with oil to avoid sticking to each other.
For Final White Sauce Pasta Dish:
- Heat oil in a pan and add boiled veggies and pasta to it.
- Then add prepared white sauce.
- Pasta and vegetable stock can be added to it to adjust the consistency of sauce.
- Grate cheese on top of it and cook until the cheese melts.
- Season it with oregano and chilli flakes.
- Pour extra virgin olive oil for an amazing glaze and aroma to this pasta dish.
NOTES: (For White Sauce Pasta Recipe)
- If allergic to Milk or Butter, then replace Butter with Oil and substitute Milk with Almond Milk or simple Stock or Water.
- Top the White Sauce with some butter cubes as it prevents the formation of a thin flaky layer after the sauce becomes cold. You can store it in the fridge as well.
- For Indian style Pasta, add a generous amount or more white sauce. But for Continental style Pasta, add a little less sauce into the Pasta. Because ideally in Italy, the sauce should finish with the Pasta.
General Notes:
- Boiled pasta can also be stored in the refrigerator for 3 days after plastic wrapped it. And if you want to store the pasta for some more time, add some vinegar while the pasta is boiling. It will increase the shelf life of pasta.
- Keep the pasta a little undercooked. it will get cooked due to residual heat inside it and won’t become sticky.
- Don’t drop it in water after boiling because it will lose all nutrients and starch in water and will not taste good. Starch is everything in pasta to taste good. Instead pour oil over it after boiling.
- Cook the pasta for a little more time than Al Dente when it comes to Indian style. But for Italian style, cook the pasta for less time. Keep it a little undercooked for Italian style.