Creamy pasta recipes
Your favourite pasta covered in a decadent, creamy sauce – dinnertime 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. It’s an easy, budget-friendly option and and gives you that hug-in-a-bowl feeling for minimal effort.
Our top creamy pasta recipes include a quick ham carbonara, velvety cacio e pepe, caesar tagliatelle and a silky fettuccine alfredo. For a fancier occasion, try our alternative options such as cavatelli with crab, chilli and lemon and baked pasta with peas, broad beans and herbs by Italian chef Francesco Mazzei.
We have plenty of veggie and vegan options too, including a plant-based creamy cashew pasta and vegan sausage and spinach bowlful.
Try our favourite orzo recipes next.
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Homemade pasta
Homemade orecchiette (with mushroom sauce)
Learn how to make homemade orecchiette pasta with chef Jun Tanaka's step-by-step recipe, then serve it with a creamy mushroom sauce.
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Broccoli
Pasta ‘risotto’ with broccoli and walnut pesto
Cooking pasta in splashes of stock like a risotto ups the flavour and gives you a thick, creamy sauce that binds it all together.
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Chicken pasta
Negresco (Egyptian chicken pasta bake)
This soul-soothing Egyptian chicken pasta bake, negresco, from food writer Soha Darwish is a crowdpleaser.
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Creamy pasta
Chicken alfredo
Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this easy chicken alfredo pasta is the ultimate in Italian-American comfort food.
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Creamy pasta
Pasta alla norcina
This rich pasta dish from Norcia in Umbria is a local speciality. Nuggets of fried sausage and earthy porcini mushroom infuse the cream sauce.
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30-minute meals
Creamy mushroom egg yolk pasta
Adding an egg yolk to the centre of this rich mushroom pasta makes the most luxurious, silky sauce you could imagine – and stirring it in at the table feels oh-so sophisticated.
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Chicken pasta
Chicken caesar pasta
Meet your new favourite weeknight pasta dish. A silky caesar dressing-style sauce is tossed with chicken and fusilli with delicious results.
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Creamy pasta
Creamy trout and caper linguine
This easy trout pasta proves cooking fish is easier than you think. Trout fillets are baked with lemon and dill, then stirred into a zingy and creamy caper sauce.
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Creamy vegan cashew and artichoke pasta
Whizzed cashews provide the perfect base for creamy vegan sauces, as this super-quick pasta demonstrates. An easy pasta dinner for four.
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30-minute meals
Creamy chicken sausage pasta
Chicken sausage pasta - it doesn't get easier or tastier than this. The tomatoes are optional but they do add a juicy sweetness.
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30-minute meals
Bucatini cacio e pepe
This cacio e pepe recipe is given extra richness and tang thanks to a little beurre blanc in the sauce. Comfort food at its finest.
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30-minute meals
Pressure cooker creamy chicken pasta
Throw everything in the pressure cooker for quick creamy chicken pasta. You'll love this creamy chicken with tangy sun-dried tomatoes.
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Creamy pasta
Creamy mushroom linguine
Welcome autumn with a warming bowlful of creamy mushroom linguine with fragrant tarragon. This easy pasta is ready in under half an hour.
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Cauliflower
Cajun-spiced cauliflower pasta bake
This hearty, cajuin-spiced cauliflower pasta bake is packed with veggies. It's baked to perfection in a rich cheddar sauce.
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Budget pasta
Creamy salmon pasta bake
Stretch two salmon fillets to feed four with this easy creamy salmon pasta bake. Our budget-friendly recipe is ideal for midweek family dinner
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Summer pastas
Pasta with crispy bacon, courgette and herbs
This colourful herby pasta with crispy bacon combines ricotta cheese, pistachios, courgette ribbons and bacon for a creamy pasta dish.
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