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.
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Creamy pasta recipes
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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Nut recipes
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 meal recipes
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 meal recipes
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 meal recipes
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 recipes
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 recipes
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 recipes
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 pasta recipes
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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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 less than 30 minutes.
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Vegan dinner recipes
Creamy vegan sausage and spinach pasta
Comforting and creamy, this vegan sausage pasta dish marries plant-based sausages with fennel seeds, red onion and garlic for a satisfying savoury flavour.
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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 to a whole new level.
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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.
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Baked pasta with peas, broad beans, fresh herbs and grana padano
Serve Italian chef Francesco Mazzei's baked pasta as a dinner party starter. You can make it ahead, just add the pesto and breadcrumbs at the end.
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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. Or you can swap the sprouts for any cooked greens you like.Â
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Creamy pasta recipes
Fettuccine alfredo
Fettucine pasta is stirred through a silky sauce of double cream, parmesan and butter in this fantastic treat-yourself meal.
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