Recipe: Tasty White Sauce Pasta

White Sauce Pasta.

You can have White Sauce Pasta using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of White Sauce Pasta

1. Prepare of for white sauce 2 tablespoons butter.
2. You need 1 tablespoon of whole wheat flour OR 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
3. Prepare 1 cup of chilled milk OR 250 ml chilled milk ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder or add as required.
4. Prepare of generous pinch of nutmeg or grated nutmeg salt as required.
5. It's of for cooking pasta 1 cup penne pasta OR 100 grams penne pasta.
6. Prepare 4 cups of water ¼ teaspoon salt or add as required other ingredients.
7. You need 1/4 teaspoon of dry oregano ¼ teaspoon dried basil.
8. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of dried thyme OR ¾ to 1 teaspoon mixed herbs.
9. It's of for garnish any herb of your choice or some spring onion greens.
10. Prepare of vegetarian permesan cheese or grated cheddar cheese - add as required (OPTIONAL).

White Sauce Pasta instructions

1. Making white sauce heat a saucepan. keep the flame to a low and add 2 tablespoons butter. you can use salted or unsalted butter. when the butter melts and starts to bubble, then add 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour or 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. using a wired whisk 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..
2. You will see the flour frothing and bubbling up while stirring. sauté the flour till you get a nice cooked aroma from the flour and a pale golden color. don't brown the flour. keep the flame to the lowest and then pour 1 cup chilled milk in a gentle stream. pour the milk with one hand and stir the sauce mixture with the other. the milk has to be chilled, so that lumps are not formed..
3. 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 and coats the back of a spoon, switch off the flame..
4. Keep the saucepan down and add the seasonings - ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder, a generous pinch of nutmeg powder 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. do note that on cooling white sauce will thicken more. so you can keep the consistency accordingly..
5. Cooking pasta boil 4 cups water with ½ teaspoon salt in a pan. when the water comes to a boil, add 1 cup penne pasta. cook the pasta on a medium to high flame. when the pasta gets done to an al dente texture, switch off the flame. for a softer texture, you can cook the pasta more if required. with a strainer spoon, strain the pasta..
6. Making white sauce pasta then add them to the white sauce. add ¼ teaspoon each of dried oregano, dried basil and dried thyme. 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..
7. Serve white sauce pasta garnished with some fresh herbs like parsley, chives or dill. you can also garnish with some grated cheddar cheese..