Introduction: Say Cheeeeseeee - Cheesy White Sauce Pasta

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Hey guys!

Today I am gonna share with you my special recipe of white sauce pasta with lots and lots of cheese and veggies. We are gonna make the sauce from scratch. Certainly, it is one of the easiest, simplest, yummiest, and cheesiest pasta recipes I have ever had. This version is very easy and quick to make. So it is a perfect beginner-friendly dish. This is my comfort food and my personal favorite. with minimum ingredients, you can make this awesome pasta. This takes less than 30 mins. Kids and elders all love it. Without delaying it any further let us start with the recipe!

Supplies

  1. Penne Pasta
  2. Salt
  3. Oil
  4. Mushrooms
  5. Babycorn
  6. Capsicum
  7. Red Bellpepper
  8. Yellow Bellpepper
  9. Onion
  10. Corn
  11. All-purpose Flour
  12. Milk
  13. Butter
  14. Bay leaf
  15. Cloves
  16. Cheeeeseeeeeeeeeeee
  17. Chili Flakes
  18. Oregano

Step 1: Boil Water

  1. Take 2 cups of pasta. I have used Penne pasta.
  2. Heat water in a pot.
  3. Add 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of oil.
  4. Let the water come to a boil.

Step 2: Cook Pasta

  1. Add in the pasta.
  2. Cook it till al-dente.
  3. Check it with the help of a fork. You can even do a taste test.

Step 3: Strain

  1. The pasta is done. Now strain the pasta.
  2. Make sure you save some of the flavourful pasta water. We will use this pasta water in the further steps.

Step 4: Chop

Chop the following veggies

  1. Onion(1 medium sized)
  2. Capsicum(1/2 small sized)
  3. Red Bellpepper(1/2 small sized)
  4. Yellow Bellpepper(1/2 small sized)
  5. 7-8 mushrooms
  6. 3-4 Babycorn


Step 5: Saute Veggies

  1. Take a pan. Heat one tablespoon of oil.
  2. Add the sliced mushrooms. Add salt as per taste.
  3. Cover and cook for a minute.
  4. Add the rest of the veggies. (Onions, Bell peppers, Capsicum, baby corn)
  5. Add 1/4 cup of water.
  6. Cover and cook for 5 mins.
  7. Add 1/4 cup of corn. (I have used frozen corn.)
  8. Cover and cook for another 2-3 mins till the veggies are fully cooked.

Step 6: Boil Milk

  1. Take 1 1/2 cups of milk.
  2. Pin a bay leaf with a piece of onion with the help of a clove. (Refer to the picture).
  3. Boil milk with the bay leaf clove and onion.
  4. Don't skip this step. This would enhance the taste and flavour of the white sauce.
  5. Boil it for 5-7 minutes.
  6. Remove the onion bayleaf and clove for the milk.
  7. Let it cool down.

Step 7: Melt Butter

  1. Take a deep pan.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter.
  3. Let it melt completely. Make sure that you don't burn it. To avoid add 1/2 teaspoon of oil before adding the butter. Adding oils will help.


Step 8: Cook All Purpose Flour

  1. Once the butter is melted, add 1 tablespoon of all purpose flour.
  2. Mix it with the butter.
  3. Cook it for 2-3 minutes till you smell a good aroma of the cooked flour.

Step 9: Add Milk

  1. Slowly add the boiled milk into the butter-flour mixture.
  2. Keep stirring it till all the lumps are dissolved.
  3. This will take a few minutes.
  4. Keep the flame on high.
  5. Slowly you will see the sauce will thicken and there will be a change in the consistency.

Step 10: Say CHEEESEEE

  1. Add in all the types of cheese you have into the sauce.
  2. I have used 3 cheese slices and about 100 grams of processed cheese. More the cheese, better the taste. You can use any cheese you have (mozzarella, cheddar, parmesan, etc)
  3. Mix it well with the sauce.
  4. Keep mixing till the cheese melts.
  5. The sauce looks so creamy and cheesy.
  6. Add (1/2 cup of fresh cream) This is completely optional..

Step 11: Taste Maker

Add

  1. 1 teaspoon of chili flakes
  2. 1 teaspoon of oregano/mixed herbs
  3. 1 teaspoon of salt(as per taste)

Mix everything well.

Step 12: Combine

  1. Combine the boiled pasta and sautéd veggies with the sauce.
  2. Add 1/3 cup of the pasta water we saved.
  3. Mix well.

Step 13: Ready

Our cheesy white Sauce Pasta is ready. Top it with some more cheese because there is no such thing as enough cheese. Dig in and enjoy. It is so creamy and cheesy. I absolutely love it.

A very simple easy recipe with fewer ingredients. Do try making it and if you do make it please tell me how it was in the comments section. I am sure you will love it.

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Thank you for reading, have a nice day!

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