# Creamy Pasta

A creamy pasta dish with a rich tomato and pepper paste base, seasoned with Italian herbs and finished with Parmesan cheese and pasta water for a smooth sauce.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup olive oil
- 3 tsp minced garlic
- 0.67 cup tomato paste
- 2 tbsp hot pepper paste
- 1.5 cup heavy cream
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 3 tsp dried basil
- 3 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- 1 cup parmesan
- 0.5 cup pasta water
- pasta

## Instructions

1. Add 1/2 cup of olive oil to a pan.
2. Add 3 tsp of minced garlic to the pan.
3. Add 2/3 cup of tomato paste to the pan.
4. Add 2 tbsp of hot pepper paste to the pan.
5. Mix the ingredients in the pan.
6. Pour 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream into the pan.
7. Whisk the sauce until combined.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste.
9. Add 3 tsp of dried basil to the sauce.
10. Add 3 tsp of red pepper flakes to the sauce.
11. Add 1 tsp of Italian seasoning to the sauce.
12. Whisk the seasonings into the sauce.
13. Add 1 cup of parmesan cheese to the sauce.
14. Pour 1/2 cup of pasta water into the sauce.
15. Add cooked pasta to the sauce.
16. Mix the pasta and sauce together.

## Equipment

- pan
- whisk
- wooden spoon
- fork

## Tips

- Ideally, you would add shallots with the garlic but this recipe's family doesn't like it.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hsfNHM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/abf64419-d1ff-4430-8204-3958554bf446
- Extracted: 2025-07-18

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