Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
When your kids are split between regular spaghetti and fettuccine alfredo, you combine the best of both worlds and make Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce!
Such an easy dinner recipe that everyone is sure to rave about.
Pretty much a 6 ingredient recipe if you don’t count the seasonings.
How to make Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
First set a large pot over medium heat and add olive oil, a diced onion, kosher salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes.
Cook this for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring a few times.
Add some minced garlic and cook another minute.
My grandson LOVES to help me cook, so he was an amazing helper adding a pint of heavy cream.
Bring the cream to a boil and reduce the heat to medium low.
Cook for about 5 minutes as it bubbles and reduces, stirring a few times.
Then stir in a cup of shredded parmesan cheese.
And a 24-ounce jar of marinara sauce.
And a tablespoon of Italian seasoning.
Stir until combined, raise the heat until it bubbles, and then back to medium low for another 5 minutes.
Taste for seasoning and add in kosher salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes as needed.
Boil a pound of pasta according to package directions, we went with angel hair.
Save 1/4 cup of the pasta water, drain the pasta, and add it to the sauce along with the pasta water.
Use tongs to combine.
Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce will have you feeling like you are dining in a fancy Italian restaurant 🙂
My good friend even made us a loaf of homemade bread and it was absolute perfection with the pasta.
Quotes from my kids… “Mom you need to make this once a week!!” and “This is my new favorite pasta sauce!!”.
I think it’s safe to say this was highly approved 😉
If you like Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce, you might also like these recipes…
Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce
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Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce
Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce one of the easiest pasta sauce recipes, keep it vegetarian or add some sausage with any noodles you prefer!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- kosher salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes
- 8 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 24-ounce jar marinara sauce
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 pound pasta of choice boiled according to package directions
- 1/4 cup water from boiling the pasta
Instructions
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Set a large pot over medium heat. Add olive oil, onion, kosher salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes. Cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring a few times.
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Add garlic, cook another minute and pour in the heavy cream. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring a few times. Stir in the parmesan cheese during the last minute.
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Pour in the marinara sauce, add Italian seasoning, raise heat to high until it bubbles, turn heat back to medium low and and let cook another 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning and add kosher salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes as needed.
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Save 1/4 cup of water from the boiling pot of pasta right before draining. Add cooked pasta of choice to the sauce along with the pasta water and toss with tongs until combined.
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