Creamy pasta recipes
Your favourite pasta covered in a decadent, creamy sauce – dinner time doesn’t get much better than that.
Try one of our 40+ creamy pasta recipes when you need a comfort food fix in a hurry. Creamy pasta is easy, budget-friendly, feeds the whole family and gives you that hug-in-a-bowl feeling for minimal effort.
Our top creamy pasta recipes include quick ham carbonara, velvety cacio e pepe, caesar tagliatelle and silky fettuccine alfredo.
There’s plenty of veggie and vegan options, including a plant-based creamy cashew pasta.
Check out our orzo recipe ideas, too – the little pasta shape makes a great alternative to rice in creamy risotto-style dishes.
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Nut recipes
Creamy vegan cashew and artichoke pasta
Whizzed cashews provide the perfect base for creamy vegan sauces, as this super-quick pasta recipe demonstrates. Lightened with lemon and...
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30-minute meal recipes
Creamy chicken sausage pasta
This dish is inspired by Italy’s pasta alla norcina – a cream and sausage-based sauce. We’ve subbed in chicken sausages...
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30-minute meal recipes
Bucatini cacio e pepe
Cacio e pepe is one of those dishes that rely on the method as much as the ingredients. This one,...
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30-minute meal recipes
Pressure cooker creamy chicken pasta
Throw everything in the pot and get creamy chicken pasta from pantry to table in under half an hour –...
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Creamy pasta recipes
Creamy mushroom linguine
Welcome in the autumn months with this warming, creamy bowlful of mushrooms and herbs folded through silky threads of linguine....
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Cauliflower recipes
Cajun-spiced cauliflower pasta bake
This hearty, cajuin-spiced pasta bake is packed with veggies. Cauliflower, peppers, sweetcorn and pasta are baked in a rich cheddar...
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Budget pasta recipes
Creamy salmon pasta bake
Stretch two salmon fillets to feed four with this easy, creamy salmon pasta bake. Our budget-friendly recipe with peas and...
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Summer pasta recipes
Pasta with crispy bacon, courgette and herbs
This colourful herby pasta with crispy bacon recipe combines ricotta cheese, pistachios, courgette ribbons and bacon for a creamy, summer...
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Carbonara recipes
One-pot carbonara pasta bake
This creamy carbonara pasta bake recipe is a no-fuss, one-pot dish that’s perfect for a weeknight meal and ready in...
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Vegan dinner recipes
Creamy vegan sausage and spinach pasta
Comforting and creamy, this plant-based pasta dish marries vegan sausages with fennel seeds, red onion and garlic for a satisfying...
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Quick midweek meals
10-minute mushroom pappardelle
Our 10-minute mushroom pasta recipe is made with a handful of luxurious but easy-to-find ingredients that will take weeknight cooking...
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Carbonara recipes
Pea and pancetta carbonara
Peas, pasta and pancetta mixed with creamy carbonara sauce… It doesn’t get much better for an inexpensive, crowd-pleasing supper. Prefer...
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Creamy pasta recipes
Baked pasta with peas, broad beans, fresh herbs and grana padano
Serve Italian chef Francesco Mazzei’s baked pasta – in little bowls – as a dinner party starter. Francesco says: “The...
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Carbonara recipes
Sausage and sprout carbonara
Our creamy carbonara for two is a great way to use up leftover brussels sprouts and sausages. And if you...
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Creamy pasta recipes
Fettuccine alfredo
Fettuccine pasta is stirred through a silky sauce of double cream, parmesan and butter in this fantastic treat-yourself meal. Grab...
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Caesar tagliatelle
Tagliatelle is stirred through a creamy Caesar dressing in this quick and easy pasta dish. Salty anchovies and parmesan make...
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