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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Creamy pasta recipes
Creamy trout and caper linguine
This new pasta classic proves cooking fish is easier than you think. Trout fillets are baked with lemon and dill,...
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...
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...
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,...
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 –...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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