Pasta with Cajun Cream Sauce
Pasta with Cajun Cream Sauce takes around 15 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 19g of protein, 53g of fat, and a total of 925 calories. For $1.3 per serving, this recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A couple people really liked this main course. It is brought to you by Steamy Kitchen. This recipe is liked by 61 foodies and cooks. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of Cajun food. A mixture of parmesan cheese, heavy cream, ground pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 72%. Rajun Cajun BBQ Sauce – inside of many malls are Rajun Cajun restaurants, they serve up Cajun inspired BBQ, we will show you how to make that sauce, Crock Pot Cajun Sausage Pasta Sauce, and Cajun Shrimp and Andouille Alfredo Sauce Over Pasta are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 4
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon chicken base or chicken bouillon (absolutely optional - this adds additional flavor and is part of original recipe, but I've omitted many times)
1 tablespoon cajun or creole seasoning
2 tablespoon minced garlic
1 cup white wine fresh ground pepper
1 pint heavy cream
2 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon smoked sweet paprika seasoning
1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley Parmesan cheese
1 pound dry pasta
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoon tomato paste
Equipment:
pot
frying pan
spatula
Cooking instruction summary:
In large stockpot, boil water for pasta.In a large sauté pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. When shimmering, add onions. Fry for 2 minutes. Add garlic, fry additional 1 minute until fragrant. Add the white wine and chicken base (stir chicken base in the wine first & mix well before adding to pan.)Using your spatula, scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Let the wine reduce to half – about 3 minutes. In the meantime, boil your pasta, ending one minute shy of done.Add cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, paprika and tomato paste. Stir.Add heavy cream. When the cream mixture is almost bubbling, turn heat to low. Let the crème mixture reduce to half – about 5 minutes. Drain the pasta well – add pasta to the crème sauce. Toss with freshly chopped parsley and some cheese.
Step by step:
1. In large stockpot, boil water for pasta.In a large sauté pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. When shimmering, add onions. Fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add garlic, fry additional 1 minute until fragrant.
3. Add the white wine and chicken base (stir chicken base in the wine first & mix well before adding to pan.)Using your spatula, scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pan.
4. Let the wine reduce to half – about 3 minutes. In the meantime, boil your pasta, ending one minute shy of done.
5. Add cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, paprika and tomato paste. Stir.
6. Add heavy cream. When the cream mixture is almost bubbling, turn heat to low.
7. Let the crème mixture reduce to half – about 5 minutes.
8. Drain the pasta well – add pasta to the crème sauce. Toss with freshly chopped parsley and some cheese.
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