Creamy Cheese Pasta

Delicate pasta with creamy sauce just melts in your mouth! This type of pasta is loved in America. They are prepared easily from the simplest ingredients, but they turn out very tasty. The main thing is to take quality products, giving preference to Italian pasta made from durum wheat.
cook time: 40 min
Ruby Colston
Creamy Cheese Pasta

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

53
Calories
2g
Fat
7g
Carbs
2g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Nutmeg to taste
Wheat flour 30 g
Butter 30 g
Water 2 l
Milk 300 ml
Pepper to taste
Green onions 30 g
Hard cheese 50 g
Pasta 200 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Prepare all ingredients. You can choose any pasta for this dish: shells, farfalle, fusilli, penne and other types of pasta. It is also better to choose durum wheat pasta for this dish. Use hard cheese: Russian, Poshekhonsky and similar types of cheeses; it is better to take milk with a fat content of 2.5%. Green onions can be replaced with any other greens.

Step 2

Step 2
Pour water into the pan and put it on the fire. Please note that the pasta must be cooked in a large amount of water, so take the appropriate pan. When the water boils, salt it and add pasta to it. Cook the pasta, uncovered, until al dente.

Step 3

Step 3
Grate the cheese on a fine grater and cover it with cling film so that it does not dry out while the creamy sauce is being prepared.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the butter in a small saucepan and melt it over medium heat, without bringing the butter to a boil. Start adding sifted wheat flour to the melted butter, stirring constantly. When frying flour, there should be no lumps.

Step 5

Step 5
Start pouring milk into the ladle in a small stream, immediately add spices: ground nutmeg, freshly ground black pepper and salt. Boil the milk mixture a little; the sauce should begin to thicken, but not too much. The sauce will thicken further as it cools.

Step 6

Step 6
When the creamy sauce thickens, add the grated cheese and stir immediately. The cheese should melt in the hot sauce and acquire a pleasant, delicate cheesy taste.

Step 7

Step 7
Place the cooked pasta in a colander and allow excess liquid to drain.

Step 8

Step 8
Return the pasta to the pan and pour in the creamy cheese sauce and stir.

Step 9

Step 9
Place the finished creamy macaroni and cheese on a plate and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

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