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Julia Busuttil Nishimura's pasta alla norcina.

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20 rich and creamy pasta recipes

It may not be authentic, but a splash of cream adds a dash of luxury and silkiness to many a simple pasta dish.

20 recipes
Speedy lemon spaghetti with toasted almonds.
EASY

Lemon spaghetti with cream, oregano and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Creamy with flavour: Garganelli with cream and prosciutto.
EASY

Garganelli with cream and prosciutto

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Creamy pasta with sausage.
EASY

Pasta alla Norcina (creamy pasta with sausage)

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Creamy fettucine alfredo with garlic mushrooms.
EASY

Fettuccine alfredo with garlic mushrooms

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Creamy pumpkin soup meets pasta.

Creamy pumpkin and blue cheese pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Cauliflower cheese meets carbonara in this creamy pasta.
EASY

Cauliflower cheese and bacon pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
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Gnocchi with pesto cream

Potato gnocchi with pesto cream recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Five-mushroom fettuccine.

Simple five-mushroom pasta recipe

  • Adam Liaw
One-pan slurpy goodness.
EASY

One-pan slurpy creamy tomato ravioli with spicy sausage

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Pasta shells with pork ragu and parmesan cream.

Pasta shells with pork ragu and parmesan cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Salmon and nori cream pasta.
EASY

Salmon and nori cream pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Crispy pasta nests with chickpeas and kale.
EASY

Katrina Meynink's one-pan tagliatelle with chickpeas, greens and lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Fast chicken ragu pasta with artichokes and peas.
EASY

Fast chicken ragu pasta with artichokes and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
A touch of brandy takes this creamy tomato sauce to the next level.
EASY

Chicken and spinach 'rosé' pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Prawn pasta, heavy on the herbs, with 'pretend fancy sauce' and optional zucchini flowers.

Prawn pasta with pretend fancy sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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The umami-rich bottarga and anchovies provide neat foils to the freshness of the green chilli and zucchini flowers.

Karen Martini's pennette with zucchini flowers, anchovy, mint, chilli and bottarga

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Midweek mussels: Big bowls of mussels, risoni, peas and bacon.
EASY

Mussels with risoni pasta, peas and bacon recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Angel hair pasta with prawn, pea and lemon sauce.

Angel hair pasta with prawn, pea and lemon sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
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Gnocchi with blue cheese, sage and walnut sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Creamy spaghetti carbonara.
EASY

Spaghetti carbonara

  • < 30 mins

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