Description
A meatless creamy pasta recipe inspired by the popular marry me chicken!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves of garlic, grated
- 2 cups light cream
- 1 cup fresh grated microbial-rennet Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes + 1 tablespoon oil from the jar
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
- 2 teaspoons vegetable bouillon powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3/4 box of thin linguini or other long noodle of your choice
- Reserved pasta water
Instructions
- Step: Measure out the 1/2 cup of sun-dried tomatoes, chop them as finely as you can, then add to a blending device with 1 tablespoon of the oil from the jar and pulse until you get a coarse paste.
- Step: Bring salted water to boil and cook the noodles, reserving about 1/4 cup of the water to thin the sauce later, then strain and set aside.
- Step: Melt the butter in a large non-stick pan over medium heat, add the grated garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, dried thyme, and vegetable bouillon powder, and cook for 1 minute.
- Step: Pour in the light cream and heat for 5 minutes, alternating between medium and medium-low heat, ensuring a light simmer but not boiling.
- Step: Add the microbial-rennet Parmesan cheese, sun-dried tomato paste, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and fresh basil, then stir to combine and simmer for 5-7 minutes, thinning with reserved pasta water as needed.
- Step: Add in the cooked noodles and stir to coat, then turn off the heat and serve, garnishing with additional Parmesan cheese.
Notes
If there is too much oil from the sun-dried tomatoes pooling at the top of the cream sauce, you can spoon off any excess.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Pasta
- Method: Saute
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 660 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 825 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
Keywords: creamy pasta, sun-dried tomato, meatless pasta, American cuisine