Is pasta your go-to dish at every restaurant you visit? High five! We have all gone through flipping pages of the menu at a restaurant only to order cheesy pasta. That's perhaps because pasta isn't just a yummy one-pot dish that is comfort to many, but also it is unbelievably delicious. The creamy sauce, tossed in with penne, spaghetti, fusilli or any pasta of your choice just satiate our cheese-loving soul to its core. No wonder it attracts a mass fan following across kids and adults. Be it the creamy white sauce or the red sauce full of tarty tomatoes, pasta tends to impress everyone in every form. Spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna or penne, each pasta variety has its own set of fan-following!
But one thing that still gets even the ardent pasta lover thinking, is to choose between one sauce. Whether to indulge in an irresistible cheesy and creamy alfredo or go with the zesty arrabiata sauce, is one that can put anyone in a fix. But thanks to a string of experiments over time, we’ve even got the solution to this! A perfect balance of cream and cheese with red sauce, ‘mixed sauce pasta’ is slowly becoming a crowd pleaser across the world. Also known as pink sauce pasta due to the colour it has when you combine the two sauces, mixed sauce pasta is rich and wholesome but not too heavy. It is made with simple ingredients but could sometimes but could go wrong when trying at home. Whether it is the exact proportion of cheese and tomatoes, the consistency of the sauce or how much the pasta should be boiled, there are a number of things that one should keep in mind while trying mixed sauce pasta at home.
Here's a quick and easy mixed sauce pasta recipe that you can try in your own kitchen.
How To Make Mixed Sauce Pasta
The recipe to cook mixed sauce pasta isn’t a tough one if you keep certain things in mind. Cook the veggies for the pasta separately and make sure it doesn’t over cook, to retain crunch. Make sure to stir the sauce continuously to avoid lumps. For this recipe, all you need is to boil the pasta in water and salt and blanch veggies separately. Cook onion, tomatoes and garlic together and mix with tomato puree, grated cheese and cream to make the sauce. Add the blanched veggies and boiled pasta, mix well, top with parmesan cheese and your mixed sauce pasta is ready to be devoured!
Find the full recipe of mixed sauce pasta here.