White Sauce Pasta Recipe - The Perfect Way

How many times have you been home alone and you find nothing in your refrigerator to eat? That’s the time when the real kitchen fun begins. The time is yours and all you need is nice food, a cold beverage, and binge watch Netflix. What is better than having a plate of pasta? Not from the restaurant but right from your kitchen. 

Understanding the science behind it and knowing how to cook it well was something super exciting especially if you are someone like me who loves to cook. Now, here, we will see how to cook your favorite white sauce pasta from scratch.  

How many times do you try to make white sauce pasta watching those a few seconds of Instagram reels but end up having lumpy, watery, and not-so-good items? I am here with a step-by-step guide for you that will help you have the pasta just the way you like it. Make sure you stick to the recipe. 

White sauce pasta is what comes to mind when you go out with your friends. This is like one cliche food item that you order first on the menu. Now, let’s make this from scratch here in this pasta recipe blog. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup pasta
• 4 cloves of garlic chopped
• Veggies of choice (like we used above)
• 2 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoon maida
• 1 cup of milk 
• Italian seasoning
• Oregano
• Chili flakes
• ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
• Processed cheese
• Salt to taste

Procedure for white sauce pasta

• In a pan, add the butter and keep the gas on low. 

• Add the butter melts, add garlic and an equal amount of maida to it. That is all-purpose flour. As you add that to the pan, use a spatula or whisker to mix the sauce well. 

• You must cook the flour and butter only until the raw smell of the flour is out. Make sure you don’t burn it. 

• When the raw smell is out, take the milk and add that in small portions. For example, first, add about ¼th cup and mix it well. When the milk takes a paste-like structure, add another batch of 1/4th cup and mix well. 
• Keep going until you add all the milk and it becomes sauce-like. 
• The objective of adding milk in small portions is to avoid lumps in the sauce. 
• If your sauce is too thick, don’t worry, we have a solution for that too. You can find that in the ‘things to note’ section. 

• Now, add in the seasoning, salt, and black pepper powder. 
• You can also add cheese of your choice. I would suggest you add processed cheese because it gives a great taste to your pasta. 
• Mix well and your white sauce is ready. 

• In another pan, heat up about 2 tablespoons of butter or oil. As it turns hot, add some chopped garlic for the extra taste. 
• Don’t let the garlic burn and for that, you can right away add roughly chopped veggies to the pan. 
• Sprinkle some salt and black pepper and toss everything up. 

• Add the white sauce you just prepared as your veggies are partially cooked. 

• Now, add the boiled pasta. If you need any details, please go through the previous blog that will teach you A to Z of pasta. 
• Coming to the point, mix pasta, vegetables, and white sauce gently. 

Your white sauce pasta is ready to serve. Hot, delicious, and cheesy straight from the pan. 

Things to note. 

Here are some tips that will help you cook better and at your convenience. 

• In case you don’t find any vegetables at your home or minimal veggies, it’s okay. In fact, making white sauce pasta without vegetables is still a great option. However, you need one thing for the authentic taste and that is garlic. 
• If your sauce becomes too thick there is a trip you can use. Instead of using freshwater, go for the water in which the pasta was boiling. This will retain the taste of the pasta as well as maintain the consistency of the sauce. 
• While cooking the sauce, make sure the butter and flour don’t burn. Keep the flame on low and make sure the mixture doesn’t turn brown. Once that gives you a pale yellow color, start adding the milk. 
• If you are still confused about the quantity of ingredients to use for the sauce, here is a trick. Follow the 1:1:5 rule. This means you should have 2 spoons of butter, 2 spoons full of flour, and about 1 cup of milk. This will make your sauce-making process a lot easier. 
• Don’t have maida or don’t want to use maida in your white sauce, you can have an alternative. Instead of maida, you can use wheat flour as well. Although, it will change the taste a little. 

Conclusion

White sauce pasta is indeed the favorite of every one of us. However, when it comes to having some for yourself, you either have to spend too much to get it from your nearby cafe. Why not cook it at home with a few easy steps? 

Hope you find this recipe helpful and have a deletable white sauce pasta at home. 

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