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50 creamy dreamy dinners (and ultimate side dishes)

These beige but by no means bland recipes benefit from a dash or a dollop of cream (or creme fraiche). Add a kick to creamy sauces with horseradish or mustard, or keep things kid-friendly with classics such as cauliflower or macaroni cheese.

50 recipes
Creamy fettucine alfredo with garlic mushrooms.
EASY

Fettuccine alfredo with garlic mushrooms

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Potato gratin in a pie.

Potato Dauphinoise and caramelised onion pie

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This versatile creamy mushroom sauce will soon become your go-to recipe.

RecipeTin Eats' chicken with creamy mushroom sauce

  • Nagi Maehashi
Serve with salty crispy croutons, some crumbled blue cheese and crispy pancetta.
EASY

Leek and potato soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Creamy with flavour: Garganelli with cream and prosciutto.
EASY

Garganelli with cream and prosciutto

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Katrina Meynink gives creamy chicken casserole a makeover.

Creamy one-pan chicken with charred lemon and crispy prosciutto

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Dig in: Clam and saffron chowder.

Clam and saffron chowder

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Ultimate comfort food: Adam Liaw's winter herb polenta.
EASY

Winter herb polenta recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Three Blue Ducks' creamy mashed potatoes.

Paris mash (creamy mashed potato recipe)

  • < 30 mins
  • Darren Robertson and Mark LaBrooy
Creamy pumpkin soup meets pasta.

Creamy pumpkin and blue cheese pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Dan Lepard's spinach and rosemary macaroni cheese.
EASY

Dan Lepard's spinach rosemary macaroni cheese recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Roast pork with mustard cream.

Roast pork with mustard cream sauce

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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Chicken breast with horseradish cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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EASY

Creamy potato gratin

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
A winter warmer delicious with chips, pasta or on its own.

Chicken braised with mushroom and thyme

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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Snapper and fennel pie.

Snapper and fennel pie

  • 1-2 hrs
Flank steak with mustard cream sauce.
EASY

Flank steak with mustard cream sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Shannon Martinez's corn and spring onion congee.
EASY

Corn and shiitake congee

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Shannon Martinez
Cauliflower cheese meets carbonara in this creamy pasta.
EASY

Cauliflower cheese and bacon pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken veloute stew.
EASY

Chicken veloute stew recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Flash in the pan: Chicken with mustard cream sauce.

One-pan chicken with mustard cream sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Real winter warmer: Creamy fish and potato-topped pie.

Fish, prawn and potato pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Swedish baked salmon pudding.

Laxpudding - Swedish baked salmon pudding recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Creamy spaghetti carbonara.
EASY

Spaghetti carbonara

  • < 30 mins
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Gnocchi with pesto cream

Potato gnocchi with pesto cream recipe

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Best steak: Serve with creamed spinach and crispy onion!
EASY

Fillet steak with creamed spinach and crispy onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Braised witlof and leek gratin with gruyere.

Braised witlof and leek gratin with gruyere

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Comte custard with honey roasted jerusalem artichoke chips.

Comte cheese custard

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Andrew McConnell
Creamy leek, potato and bacon soup with crispy prosciutto.

Roasted leek, potato and bacon soup with caramelised balsamic prosciutto

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Creamy cauliflower cheese soup pictured with pieces of parmesan and thyme monkey bread (see recipe below).
EASY

Cauliflower and cheese soup

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
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EASY

Grilled cauliflower and macaroni cheese

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Justin North
Moussaka meets gratin (hold the meat).

Vegetarian eggplant moussaka gratin

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Use any mustard you have on hand to flavour this cream sauce.
EASY

Sautéed chicken with Dijon mustard cream sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Jill Dupleix's salmon and fennel soup.
EASY

Creamy salmon and fennel soup recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
Cauliflower cheese pasta.
EASY

Jamie Oliver's cauliflower cheese pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Carrot and pumpkin pot pie.

Carrot and pumpkin pot pie

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/50-creamy-dreamy-dinners-and-ultimate-side-dishes-20210414-h1v745.html