Pasta Shells with Vodka Cream Sauce (Conchiglie Al Condimento Bianco)
Recipe: #44734
June 15, 2025
Categories: Cheese, Italian Easter, Fathers Day, Romantic Dinner, Sunday Dinner, Vegetarian, more
"I have been looking at this recipe for so long, it comes from a beautiful cookbook which my Mother gave to me for Christmas. I could not find Crescenza anywhere here is Australia and was unable to make it, but I have finally found out that I could probably use Taleggio as a substitute for Crescenza (also known as Stracchino). So I am hoping to make this soon. Crescenza is the Italian name, while Stracchino is another name for the same cheese, particularly in some regions of Italy. Crescenza is known for its very soft, creamy, and spreadable texture"
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (190.3 g)
- Calories 772.5
- Total Fat - 43.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.3 g
- Cholesterol - 58.1 mg
- Sodium - 614.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 74.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8 g
- Sugars - 2 g
- Protein - 17.8 g
- Calcium - 459.1 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook the pasta in plenty of lightly salted boiling water until al dente, drain the pasta and keep warm. (or follow packet instructions). Cook the pasta whilst making the sauce.
Step 2
Warm serving plate to serve will also be needed.
Step 3
Melt half of the butter in a large deep pan, add the both halves of the garlic and the vodka; allow the vodka to evaporate, then remove the both the garlic halves.
Step 4
Mash the Crescenza cheese with a fork and add to the pan then stir in the cream.
Step 5
Dice the remaining butter and add to the pan a piece at a time, waiting for each piece to melt through and blend in before adding another piece, whisk the sauce really well and complete the sauce with half the gruyère cheese, salt and pepper (to taste) and then the nutmeg.
Step 6
Add the drained pasta to the sauce and mix well together with a spoon and fork.; stand for 2 minutes, then turn into a pre heated serving dish.
Step 7
Sprinkle with the remaining gruyère cheese and serve immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.
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