Thanks to aromatic, thick gravy, ordinary pasta can be turned into a gourmet dish - a masterpiece of Italian cuisine. Chefs know the secrets of how, with the help of vegetables, cheese, meat and spices, an unusually tasty pasta sauce is obtained. The secret of taste is in the right combination of products and spices. Learning how to cook a lot of amazing gravy is easy!

Pasta Vegetable Gravy

Spaghetti began to prepare a sauce of fresh vegetables in the Renaissance - sprinkled hot pasta with basil, tomatoes and garlic. Now Italian chefs know many recipes for vegetable sauce - this is spinach pesto with butter and thick tomato sauce. But the most striking, most interesting variation of it is Primavera Pesto - or spring pasta sauce.

To prepare the gravy you will need:

  • 2 large tomatoes;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 2 tablespoons canned corn;
  • 1 bell pepper green;
  • 1 small onion;
  • 2 tablespoons of green beans;
  • 2 tablespoons butter;
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
  • 1 teaspoon of Italian herbs seasoning;
  • 1 teaspoon of salt.

First you need to finely chop the tomatoes, peppers and carrots. Chop the onion in a blender until gruel. Then heat the olive oil in a pan, add carrots and stir fry for 5 minutes, then add the beans and stir fry again for 5 minutes (low heat). Next, add pepper and corn to the pan, fry again, stirring for 5 minutes. Then tomatoes, onions, salt, spices. Mix everything. It remains to add butter to the gravy, turn on the minimum heat, close it with a lid and let the dish reach readiness for 10 minutes. After that, she can pour any finished pasta and serve.Vegetable watering for pasta is an ideal option for vegetarians, vegans and people leading a healthy lifestyle.

Chicken Recipe

Gravy for chicken pasta will make the dish hearty and healthy.

Chicken sauce is cooked very quickly, and this recipe can be used when you need to cook dinner or lunch in a short time.

To prepare, you will need:

  • 1 chicken breast;
  • 200 grams of sour cream;
  • 100 grams of hard cheese;
  • a small bunch of parsley;
  • teaspoon (no slide) of salt.

It takes 20 minutes to prepare the dish. First you need to boil the pasta while they are boiling, in a pan with high sides, you need to heat the oil and fry the finely chopped chicken breast until half cooked. Then you need to add sour cream and chopped parsley, salt, cover and simmer for 7 minutes, then grated cheese should be added. Stir the contents of the pan, cover and still darken the pasta additive for 5 minutes.

Macaroni Tomato Sauce

This gravy is the most common in Italy, if you want to get not just pasta, but also Italian pasta with tomatoes, then use the following recipe.

It is necessary to take:

  • 3 large tomatoes;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • 2 branches of basil;
  • a pinch of dried oregano;
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil;
  • 100 grams of water;
  • 3 pinches of salt.

Heat the oil, and fry the tomato slices (small cubes) for 10 minutes over medium heat. Then you need to add water, salt, oregano and chopped garlic. Stew the gravy for another 10 minutes without a lid, and sprinkle with chopped basil before serving. Such a tomato sauce is much tastier and healthier than ketchup, it is prepared very simply and can be done even by novice cooks.

Garlic Creamy Gravy

Fans of a delicate, creamy taste will appreciate this version of pasta sauce.

To prepare, you will need:

  • cream not greasy 200 grams;
  • 3 cloves of garlic;
  • 100 grams of cheese;
  • a small bunch of dill;
  • a tablespoon of flour;
  • a tablespoon of butter;
  • salt to taste.

First you need to melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the flour on it until golden brown, then stirring constantly, pour in the cream and let the sauce boil. Next, you need to chop the garlic with a knife or a special press. Cut dill and add these ingredients to the stewpan. The sauce should still cook for 3 minutes, and during this time you have to grate the cheese on a fine grater and add it to the stewpan. After that, the fire on the stove can be turned off, stir the contents of the stewpan and cover, the creamy sauce for pasta with garlic should be infused for 10 minutes.

Macaroni Cheese Sauce

This pasta supplement is called “Venetian” and is made from two types of cheese, cream and ham. This gravy can be prepared for a romantic dinner in the Italian style.

In order for cheese sauce for pasta to work out well, you need to know the little secrets of cooking.

  • Cheese must be chosen very soft and very hard. Ideal for parmesan and feta cheese.
  • It is not recommended to add table salt to the dish - the cheese itself will create the desired taste.
  • It is better not to use oil for the preparation of this sauce, otherwise the dish will turn out to be too fat and high-calorie.

To make cheese sauce you will need:

  • Hard cheese (parmesan) 50 grams;
  • Dry-cured ham 50 grams;
  • Soft cheese (feta cheese) 50 grams;
  • Cream 40% fat 100 grams.

Dried ham must be cut into small cubes, fry in a pan without oil. It is best to use a ceramic pan or Teflon-coated cookware. When the ham is fried until golden brown, cream must be added there and brought to a boil. At the same time, you need to finely chop the feta cheese and add it to the sauce immediately after it boils. Next, you need to reduce the fire, stir the gravy and add the grated parmesan. The dish is ready, you can pour spaghetti or fettuccine on it.

With mushrooms

 

For those who do not eat meat, you can offer a modernized recipe for cheese Venetian gravy. Instead of 50 grams of dried ham, 50 grams of porcini mushrooms can be added to the sauce. In cooking, you can use both fresh and dried mushrooms, but they must be soaked in cold water and salt 4 hours before cooking, and squeeze the substitute well. Mushrooms do not give meat juice and lard when frying, so white is best fried in butter. The rest of the recipe is no different from the classic.

How to cook with minced meat?

Stuffing is a favorite ingredient of Russian housewives for cooking gravy for pasta. The most common option is a combination of minced meat and tomato paste.

The Krasnodar gravy of minced meat with tomato onions is very tasty, as well as exotic - with minced meat and canned pineapples.

This recipe can be described in detail.

To prepare, you will need:

  • 200 grams of minced meat;
  • 200 grams of canned pineapple slices;
  • 2 tablespoons of flour;
  • 3 tablespoons of butter;
  • salt to taste.

First you need to fry the minced meat (lightly salting it) in a small amount of butter. Then the minced meat should be transferred to a plate, and in the remaining oil, fry the flour until golden brown. Then it is necessary to pour juice from canned pineapples into flour and let the mass boil, constantly stirring it so that there are no lumps left. Then add fried minced meat and slices of pineapple to the pan. Gravy can be closed with a lid and allowed to cook for 10 minutes.

Bechamel sauce

Bechamel is a white French sauce made from flour, milk and butter. As a sauce for pasta, you can use cheese Bechamel (with cheese), with the addition of slices of pickles, mushrooms or olives. You can come up with an addition to Bechamel sauce yourself, and use a classic, restaurant recipe.

You will need:

  • a tablespoon of flour;
  • tablespoon of butter;
  • a glass of milk;
  • 5 grams of salt;
  • 5 grams of black pepper powder.

The flour should be fried in oil until golden brown, add milk (while constantly stirring the sauce) and let it boil. Boiling gravy must be salt and pepper. Then you need to cover and let it brew for 15 minutes. Bechamel sauce can be served with pasta, both hot and cold.

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