Spaghetti with Creamy Cheese Sauce

Name: Spaghetti with Creamy Cheese Sauce
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup light cream; 1 cup grated cheese; 2 cloves garlic; 1 handful parsley; 7 oz spaghetti; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1 pinch salt

ekilu Team

“If you tend to resort to pasta when you need to whip up a quick meal, why complicate things with the sauce? This dish is extremely simple and very delicious.”

ingredients

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15'

Fresh ingredients

light cream

1/2 cup

grated cheese

1 cup

garlic

2 cloves

parsley

1 handful

Pantry ingredients

spaghetti

7 oz

olive oil

1 tbsp

black pepper

1/2 tsp

salt

1 pinch

Instructions

Bring 4 cups water to a boil and add 1 teaspoon salt. Add the spaghetti and cook for the time shown on the package (about 7 minutes).

Put 1 tablespoon oil into a skillet and place over medium heat. Add the minced garlic. Fry until lightly colored, stirring constantly.

Then add the light cream and heat well, then add the grated cheese. Mix until the cheese melts.

Before the spaghetti finishes cooking, take 1/2 a cup of the cooking water and add to the cheese mixture in the skillet. Cook for 2 more minutes.

Then mix in the minced parsley, salt, and pepper. Stir the sauce. Drain the spaghetti and pour over the sauce. Mix thoroughly and serve.

Tips & Tricks

Aged cheese goes amazingly well with this recipe, although you can always stick to your favorite cheese.

The cooking water is added to make the sauce lighter. Don’t use any other water. Because the cooking water is enriched with starch from the pasta, it makes sauces lighter but still consistent.