Creamy Bowtie Pasta
If you're feeling for a delicious bowl of pasta, try this creamy rendition of fresh parsley and oregano. This recipe is one you will be making all the time, its that good.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 200 grams Bowtie pasta
Sauce
- 8 Garlic cloves
- 1 Small onion
- 1/2 cup Cooking cream
- 4 Tbsp Tomato paste
- ½ cup Fresh Parsley
- ½ cup Fresh Oregano
- 3 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 8 Tbsp Pasta water – reserved
Spices
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Paprika
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- ½ tsp Ground white pepper
- ½ tsp Dried Parsley
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients: Finely chop the garlic cloves, onion, fresh parsley and oregano. Begin to cook the pasta at this stage and follow the time duration mentioned on the pasta packet. Make sure to reserve some pasta water before draining the pasta.
- Cook the aromatics: Preheat a pan to medium low heat. Add olive oil, garlic and onion, stir to mix and sauté for two minutes.
- Cook the spices: Add the fresh parsley, paprika, nutmeg, dried parsley, fresh oregano, ground white pepper, salt, tomato paste and olive oil. Cook the spice and aromatic mixture for three minutes.
- Cook the creamy sauce: Add the cooking cream, two tablespoons of cooked pasta water, and simmer the creamy sauce for ten minutes on low heat with a semi closed lid.
- Mix the bowtie pasta and the creamy sauce: Add the bowtie pasta into the creamy sauce. Gently toss to coat the bowtie pasta with the creamy sauce, and cook the ingredients for five minutes on the lowest heat.
- Garnish and serve: Garnish with fresh herbs to serve.
Notes
Storage: Store in an airtight container for two to three days.