10 Best Pasta Recipes to try right away.

Posted by Anjali seth on March 18th, 2019

Introduction

An intense and exhaustive working week, calls for detoxifying weekends.

Among these detoxifying tactics is pop opening wine. But, just wine does not cut it! You need something warm and delicious to go with it. What better way than combining it with some creamy pasta recipes?

A popular Italian combo, pasta, and wine are elegant, sophisticated and an enriching way to detox.

Not requiring an elaborate set of ingredients, versatile and tasty pasta recipes are quite easy.

10 Easy-to-cook Pasta Recipes

Pasta Carbonara

Having derived its name from "Carbone", coal in Roman, this pasta is very easy to make so, get on with fast grocery delivery. 

Ingredients:

Spaghetti – 1 pocket

Bacon strips – 100 grams

Egg whites – 3

Egg yolk - 1

Grated parmesan – 100 grams

Olive oil – 1 tablespoon

Crushed black pepper

The Making:

•          Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the bacon until crispy.
•          In a bowl, beat the whole eggs and the yolk. Add grated cheese and keep aside.
•          Boil the spaghetti, drain the pasta and reserve some of the cooking
•          In another saucepan, toss the pasta, egg mixture and bacon and any fat rendered from cooking the bacon, at low heat.
•          Season the mix with salt, add the pasta water and remove away from the heat.
•          Cook the sauce until creamy.
•          The pasta is ready to eat.

Home Baked Pasta

They say, nothing beats home food. Going with that analogy, home baked pasta is among the best pasta recipes.

Ingredients:

Pasta – 200 grams

Olive oil – 2 tablespoons

Chopped onion – 1 medium

Minced garlic – 1 tablespoon

Sliced mushrooms – 1 cup

Chopped spinach – 1 cup

Eggplant – 1 medium

Mixed olives – ½ cup

Chopped green chilies

Tomato puree – 1 cup

Grated cheese – 2 cups

Cream – 1 cup

Breadcrumbs – ½ cup

Butter – 150 grams

The making:

•          Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for about 10 minutes and then lay it on a tray/plate.
•          Heat up some olive oil in a pan.
•          Sauté onions, garlic, and chilies for 2 minutes.
•          Add bell peppers and eggplant to the pan and sauté for 2 minutes. Then sauté the mushrooms, olives and the spinach.
•          Cook for 5 minutes and pour into tomato puree and cream.
•          Take the pan off and mix in the pasta.
•          Mix in half the cheese and pour the mixture into a greased baking dish.
•          Sprinkle the rest of the cheese with breadcrumbs. Add butter cubes over and let it bake for about 20 minutes.

Spaghetti Carbonara

Elegant and delicious, with some simple ingredients from an Indian grocery store, this chicken pasta is really easy to make.

Ingredients:

Olive oil – 1 tablespoon

Thick diced and cut bacon – ½ pound

Minced garlic – 1 to 2 teaspoons

Whole eggs – 3 to 4

Grated parmesan – 1 cup

Spaghetti pasta – 1 pound

Salt and pepper

The making:

•          Boil a large pot of salted water.
•          In a separate pan, heat olive at medium heat and cook the bacon until crispy and put into a large bowl.
•          Next, beat the eggs and half the cheese.
•          Once the water reaches the boiling level, cook the dry pasta.
•          Toss the pasta with the bacon.
•          Now add the beaten egg mixture.

Takeaway

Look out for various grocery offers as with these pasta varieties, you now have options to enjoy that expensive bottle of wine. Let the detox begin!

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