Looking for a quick and creamy pasta dish? This cheese pasta recipe uses a simple white sauce made with mayonnaise to create a rich and flavorful meal in minutes.
Perfect for busy days, this easy pasta comes together with basic ingredients and delivers a smooth, creamy texture that everyone will love. If you enjoy quick pasta recipes, you may also like this easy macaroni in tomato sauce (Indian-style red sauce pasta) or my pasta in creamy green pepper sauce.
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About this recipe and some memories!
Pizzas, Pastas and Noodles are my Kids' favorite food. I already have a huge collection of pasta recipes. Still I wanted to try something new as my regular base would just be flour, milk and butter.
Today's recipe is a new recipe as I use a Mayonnaise Sauce with corn flour that gives even more of a creamy texture to the sauce. This was dished out for the Kid's Delight themed on Pizzas, Pasta and Noodles. This was an event I created to curate Kid friendly dishes.
Each of my kids have different taste. However, they all love pizzas, pastas and noodles. Still though Chinnu loves pasta with white sauce, he always prefers onion cream pasta. Hence he was quite reluctant to taste this. It was a different story how it turned out once he tasted this dish. He kept asking for it again and again. This became another favorite dish for them.
Why You'll Love This Cheese Pasta
- This pasta is quick and easy to make
- Creamy and rich texture
- It gets done with simple pantry ingredients
- Perfect for both kids and adults
- Ready in under 30 minutes
Ingredients Needed to make the Cheese Pasta
For the Mayo Cream Sauce:
Flour - I have used regular All purpose flour along with Corn flour to get the creamy texture.
Fat - Use butter for enhanced taste.
Liquid - Full cream milk will work very well for making this cream. However, you can use skimmed milk as well.
Seasoning - Add salt and pepper to taste
For the Pasta:
Pasta - Boiled Elbow Pasta
Cheese - I have used a combination of Processed Cheese, Mozzarella, Cheddar cheese
Seasoning - Chili Flakes
How to make the Cheese Pasta with Mayo Sauce
How to make Cheese Pasta with Mayonnaise Sauce
In a nonstick pan, heat butter, add the flour, cornflour, saute well. Slowly add the pepper, salt, and combine everything well.
Cook on high till the flour is well cooked and blended well. Allow cooling
Then pulse it well with a tsp of olive oil/cooking oil.
To make the pasta:
Boil the pasta with twice the water till done. Drain and toss well with oil, so that it doesn't clamp together.
In a nonstick pan, add the mayo sauce, boiled pasta, salt, and pepper for taste, and add little water. Bring to boil.
Then transfer to a serving microwave bowl, sprinkle grated cheese on top, along with red chili flakes, and microwave for a minute.
Serve hot.
Variations You Can Add
Add Vegetables - Add sweet corn, capsicum, or sautéed mushrooms to make the pasta more wholesome and colorful.
Make It Creamier - For an extra creamy texture, add a splash of milk or fresh cream while preparing the sauce.
Add Herbs - Sprinkle dried oregano or mixed Italian herbs to enhance the flavor and give it a more classic pasta taste.
Mild Version for Kids - Skip chili flakes and keep the seasoning mild for a kid-friendly version.
FAQs
Yes, you can absolutely make delicious, creamy cheese pasta without adding mayonnaise. You can replace it with Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, cream cheese blended with milk and some melting cheese.
It depends on what texture you are looking for and the sauce you make. I have used Mozzarella as it melts and makes it very cheesy. You can use Parmesan if its only for sprinkling on top.
Yes, you can absolutely reheat cheese pasta. However, please make sure you reheat on low or gentle heat to prevent the cheese from separating or becoming dry. I would recommend reheating on stove with a splash of milk or water, cooked on low flame to heat evenly. Else you can cover it with a foil and bake it in oven.
If you want to keep the pasta creamy, its best to reserve 1/2 cup of the starchy pasta water before draining. Once you are done cooking, you can add this water to your sauce, along with heavy cream, butter, or cheese, to emulsify the ingredients. This prevent the sauce from drying out or sticking to the pasta.
Recipe
Cheese Pasta with Mayonnaise Sauce
Ingredients
For the Mayo Cream Sauce
- 2 tbsp Maida / All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Corn Flour
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Pepper Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1/4 cup Processed Cheese, Mozzarella, Cheddar Cheese
- Red Chilli Flakes
- 2 cups Boiled Pasta
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
How to make Cheese Pasta with Mayonnaise Sauce
- In a nonstick pan, heat butter, add the flour, cornflour, saute well. Slowly add the pepper, salt, and combine everything well.
- Cook on high till the flour is well cooked and blended well. Allow cooling.
- Then, pulse it well with a tsp of olive oil / cooking oil.
To make the pasta
- Boil the pasta with twice the water till done. Drain and toss well with cooking oil, so that it doesn't clamp together.
- In a nonstick pan, add the mayo sauce, boiled pasta, salt, and pepper for taste, and add little water. Bring to boil.
- Then, transfer to a serving microwave bowl, sprinkle grated cheese on top, along with red chili flakes, and microwave for a minute.
- Serve hot.
Usha says
Can smell the cheese pasta till here.. 🙂 Yummy
Ranjana's craft blog says
Looks yummy :). Will try once, my son is demanding this.
sushma says
Looks yummy. My son would love it.
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
just now saw ur authentic pumkin kuzhambu and here u r in the other end of the world with pasta dishes... how do you do all this!!! so tempting..
The Pumpkin Farm says
ahh i am hungry all over again wish food never stayed on me and i could eat whatever i liked whenever
Jeena suraj says
Pasta is really tempting.. Nice
Srividhya says
Love the home made mayo. I always go with store bought one. Great idea. Thanks
Archana Potdar says
mmmmmmmmmmmmm! I want some Valli.
Jayanthi says
My kids love pasta too they look delicious.
Priya Suresh says
Mayonnaise sauce, the name itself makes me hungry, drooling over that pasta..
Padma Rekha says
yummm creamy pasta my favorite. I add some color bell pepper cubes...
sneha datar says
Delicious pasta, yummy.
Harini-Jaya R says
My kids will love this!!
Pavani N says
Interesting way of making mayo. Pasta looks creamy and delicious.
Chef Mireille says
not sure if I would call this a mayo - guess I am being to technical:) but regardless this is a yummy looking pasta
Srivalli says
Mir, You are right..I should have mentioned it as Vegetarian adapted Mayo..:)..even technically I won't call this that..still...no harm I guess..:)
Jayanthi Sindhiya says
Creamy cheesy deliciousness which any kid (or adult ) would love to finish 🙂
Kalyani says
I love the cutesy bowl you used there valli - been looking for one for a longggg time now !
pasta looks great !!
Archana Potdar says
Awesome pasta. I cannot make up my mind what i want to look at the pasta or the recipe.