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 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 5
Author: Pearl Jude F
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
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.