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Creamy pasta recipes

Your favourite pasta covered in a decadent, creamy sauce – dinnertime doesn’t get much better than that. Try one of our 40+ creamy pasta recipes when you need a comfort food fix in a hurry. It’s an easy, budget-friendly option and and gives you that hug-in-a-bowl feeling for minimal effort.

Our top creamy pasta recipes include a quick ham carbonara, velvety cacio e pepe, caesar tagliatelle and a silky fettuccine alfredo. For a fancier occasion, try our alternative options such as cavatelli with crab, chilli and lemon and baked pasta with peas, broad beans and herbs by Italian chef Francesco Mazzei.

We have plenty of veggie and vegan options too, including a plant-based creamy cashew pasta and vegan sausage and spinach bowlful.

Try our favourite orzo recipes next.

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Creamy pasta recipes

Chicken alfredo

Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this easy chicken alfredo pasta is the ultimate in Italian-American comfort food.

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Creamy pasta recipes

Pasta alla norcina

This rich pasta dish from Norcia in Umbria is a local speciality. Nuggets of fried sausage and earthy porcini mushroom infuse the cream sauce.

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30-minute meal recipes

Creamy mushroom egg yolk pasta

Adding an egg yolk to the centre of this rich mushroom pasta makes the most luxurious, silky sauce you could imagine – and stirring it in at the table feels oh-so sophisticated.

Vegetarian

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Chicken pasta recipes

Chicken caesar pasta

Meet your new favourite weeknight pasta dish. A silky caesar dressing-style sauce is tossed with chicken and fusilli with delicious results.

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Creamy trout and caper linguine

This easy trout pasta proves cooking fish is easier than you think. Trout fillets are baked with lemon and dill, then stirred into a zingy and creamy caper sauce.

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Nut recipes

Creamy vegan cashew and artichoke pasta

Whizzed cashews provide the perfect base for creamy vegan sauces, as this super-quick pasta demonstrates. An easy pasta dinner for four.

Dairy-free Vegan

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30-minute meal recipes

Creamy chicken sausage pasta

Chicken sausage pasta - it doesn't get easier or tastier than this. The tomatoes are optional but they do add a juicy sweetness.

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30-minute meal recipes

Bucatini cacio e pepe

This cacio e pepe recipe is given extra richness and tang thanks to a little beurre blanc in the sauce. Comfort food at its finest.

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30-minute meal recipes

Pressure cooker creamy chicken pasta

Throw everything in the pressure cooker for quick creamy chicken pasta. You'll love this creamy chicken with tangy sun-dried tomatoes.

Freezable

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Creamy pasta recipes

Creamy mushroom linguine

Welcome autumn with a warming bowlful of creamy mushroom linguine with fragrant tarragon. This easy pasta is ready in under half an hour.

Vegetarian

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Cauliflower recipes

Cajun-spiced cauliflower pasta bake

This hearty, cajuin-spiced cauliflower pasta bake is packed with veggies. It's baked to perfection in a rich cheddar sauce.

Vegetarian

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Budget pasta recipes

Creamy salmon pasta bake

Stretch two salmon fillets to feed four with this easy creamy salmon pasta bake. Our budget-friendly recipe is ideal for midweek family dinner

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Summer pasta recipes

Pasta with crispy bacon, courgette and herbs

This colourful herby pasta with crispy bacon combines ricotta cheese, pistachios, courgette ribbons and bacon for a creamy pasta dish.

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Carbonara recipes

One-pot carbonara pasta bake

This creamy carbonara pasta bake recipe is a no-fuss, one-pot dish that's perfect for a weeknight meal and ready in less than 30 minutes.

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Vegan dinner recipes

Creamy vegan sausage and spinach pasta

Comforting and creamy, this vegan sausage pasta dish marries plant-based sausages with fennel seeds, red onion and garlic for a satisfying savoury flavour.

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Quick midweek meals

10-minute mushroom pappardelle

Our 10-minute mushroom pasta recipe is made with a handful of luxurious but easy-to-find ingredients that will take weeknight cooking to a whole new level.

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