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Pasta With Cajun Cream Sauce

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 35m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound dry pasta (I like rigatoni)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
  • 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (creole-use your favorite)
  • 1 tablespoon paprika (sweet smoked)
  • Salt, to taste
  • Fresh ground pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In large stockpot, boil water for pasta.

  • Step 2: In a large sauté pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and saute for 2 minutes. Add garlic, saute additional 1 minute.

  • Step 3: Stir chicken bouillon into white wine and add to pan.

  • Step 4: Using a wooden spoon, scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Let the wine reduce to half – about 3 minutes.

  • Step 5: In the meantime, cook your pasta to the al dente stage.

  • Step 6: Add cajun seasoning, paprika, salt, pepper, and tomato paste to the sauce. Stir.

  • Step 7: Add heavy cream. When the cream mixture is almost bubbling, turn heat to low. Let the cream mixture reduce to half – about 5 minutes.

  • Step 8: Drain the pasta very well – add pasta to the cream sauce.

  • Step 9: Toss with freshly chopped parsley and Parmesan.

  • Step 10: Serve.


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