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Penne Pasta in White Sauce or Bechamel Sauce

White sauce Pasta is a delicious creamy Bechamel sauce which is tossed with Penne Pasta, veggies and some flavorful ingredients. 
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time45 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 5
Author: Pearl Jude F

Ingredients

For Boiling Penne Pasta

  • 1 Bowl Penne Pasta
  • 3 Cups Water for boiling
  • Salt as per taste

Cooking Veggies of your choice

  • 1 tbsp Butter for frying
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 1 Carrot Cubed
  • 1 Capsicum Cubed
  • 1/4 Cup Peas
  • 1/4 Cup Corn

For White Sauce

  • 3/4 ltr Milk
  • 1 big Onion cubed
  • 4 Cloves
  • 3 Cardamom
  • 6 Pepper Corns
  • 1 big Bay leaf
  • Salt as per taste

For Roux

  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 2 tbsp Plain flour (Maida)

For Tossing Pasta

  • 1 1/2 tbsp Oregano seasoning
  • 5 Basil leaves
  • 1 tsp Pepper Powder
  • Parsley for garnish
  • Or Chilli Flakes for garnish
  • Or Oregano for garnish

Instructions

How to Prepare Penne Pasta in Bechamel Sauce or White Sauce Pasta

    To Cook Pasta

    • Bring water to a boil.
    • Add Penne Pasta into the boiling water.
    • Add Salt into it. Optional - you can add few drops of Oil too
    • After the Pasta is cooked - Drain off all the water from Pasta and keep aside

    For Veggies of your choice

    • Heat another pan and add butter into a Pan.
    • Add finely chopped Onions and fry them for some time.
    • Add Capsicum into the Pan
    • Add Peas into the Pan.
    • Now add corn, carrot into the Pan.
    • Add some salt into the Pan.
    • Fry veggies until 3/4th cooked on medium flame and turn off the flame

    To Prepare White sauce base or Bechamel Sauce

    • Add Milk in a Pan and switch on the flame
    • Add big sized Onion cubes, cloves, cardamoms and pepper corns into the milk.
    • Add Salt into the Milk and bring it to boil to induce flavor into it.
    • When the flavor is nicely induced in the milk, remove all the ingredients added in the milk.
    • Now add Penne Pasta into the flavored milk.
    • Now add all the 3/4th cooked veggies into the Milk.
    • Add Salt if required into it.
    • Add oregano into the Milk.
    • Add pepper powder into it and Stir.

    For Roux preparation

    • Now take a new pan on the other side and add butter and let it melt.
    • Now add equal quantity of Maida or plain flour into the pan and combine it well with the spatula to make it into a smooth paste and cook for 1-2 mins for the flour smell to be gone. This smooth paste is called roux.

    Now back to the White sauce mixture

    • Now add the roux into Pasta and keep stirring until the roux dissolves into the pasta.
    • When sauce thickens add basil leaves and turn off the fire. 
    • Garnish with Parsley or Chilli flakes or Oregano
    • Pasta in Bechamel Sauce is now ready to serve.