White Sauce Pasta

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Ingredients:

  • 2 tbl butter
  • 1 tbl whole wheat flour or 2 tbl of all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Chilled Milk
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
  • pinch of nutmeg
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbl grated cheddar cheese
Instructions:

  • Boil Pasta 
  • Heat a saucepan, keep the flame to a low and add 2 tablespoons butter. 
  • When the butter melts and starts to bubble, then add 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour or 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (maida)
  • Stir the flour quickly as soon as you add it. Keep on stirring so that no lumps are formed. The frequent stirring helps the flour to cook evenly. Sauté the flour till you geta  pale golden color. Don’t brown the flour.
  • Keep the flame to the lowest and then pour 1 cup chilled milk. The milk has to be chilled, so that lumps are not formed. If you use hot or warm milk or milk at room temperature, lumps can be formed. Do stir frequently while the milk warms and heats up. On a low flame, simmer the sauce till it thickens. When the sauce has thickened well , switch off the flame.
  • Keep the saucepan down and add the seasonings – ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder, a generous pinch of nutmeg powder (Jaifal)or grated nutmeg and salt as required. For a cheese sauce, you can add 2 tablespoons of grated cheddar cheese.
  • Mix very well and keep aside. 
Note- that on cooling white sauce will thicken more. So you can keep the consistency accordingly.

Pasta
  • Boil 4 cups water with ½ teaspoon salt in a pan
  • When the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup pasta (i like Penne). Cook the pasta on a medium to high flame. with a strainer spoon, strain the pasta.
  • Then add them to the white sauce
  • Add ¼ teaspoon each of dried oregano and dried basil. You can add your choice of herbs. At this step you can even add some steamed or cooked or sauteed or roasted veggies. Mix very well.
  • Serve white sauce pasta garnished with some fresh herbs. You can also garnish with some grated cheddar cheese.


Submitted by Anchal - India

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