40 creamy pasta sauce recipes

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Pasta with creamy dill sauce, a light milk-based sauce built on shallots, garlic, and sherry, tossed with fresh dill, oven-dried cherry tomatoes, and shaved parmesan. A quick, low-fat creamy pasta with bright flavor.

Linguine with creamy green tomato sauce: an end-of-season use for unripe garden tomatoes, pureed and simmered with cream and butter, topped with sun-dried tomato and cracked peppercorn.

Pureed tomatoes and creamy avocado blend with tangy buttermilk in this refreshing cold soup topped with cucumber and sour cream.

Rigatoni alla vodka with flambed vodka, heavy cream, tomato sauce, prosciutto, and Asiago cheese. A rich, spicy pink sauce tossed with fresh basil and parsley.

Pesto and pasta with rotelle tossed in basil pesto then topped with a creamy tomato-pesto sauce. A quick four-ingredient dinner where pesto hits twice for double the basil flavor.

Rich shrimp bisque built from sautéed shells, fish stock, brandy, paprika, heavy cream, and dry sherry. A classic French technique that extracts every ounce of shrimp flavor.

In my opinion, this is the most decadent, rich and scrumptious pasta dish and one of my all-time favorites (I originally got this recipe from a Bon Appetit magazine many, many years ago). Very easy to prepare and always a hit.

Restaurant-style penne in a rich coconut-curry cream sauce with crab and broiled scallops, finished with spiced tomato chutney and fresh basil. A showstopper fusion dish.

Chilled shrimp cocktail with brandy-spiked lemon cream sauce, studded with crisp apple and fresh herbs. Elegant Italian appetizer.

Creamy spinach and tomato pasta sauce built from fat-free cream cheese, frozen spinach, and chopped tomatoes. A 5-ingredient weeknight dinner that comes together while the pasta cooks.

Pasta tossed in a creamy roasted carrot sauce with onion, garlic, and vegetable stock. A vegan, dairy-free pasta sauce that tastes like it has cream in it.

Pasta with chicken in a creamy tomato sauce blended with four Italian cheeses: Bel Paese, ricotta, Romano, and Gorgonzola. A rich, indulgent pasta dinner with plum tomatoes, heavy cream, and butter.

Hacienda dressing made with just two ingredients: creamy ranch and Pace picante sauce. A spicy Southwestern ranch that works on salads, beans, pasta, and sliced avocados.

Broccoli simmered in reduced chicken broth with garlic, onion, and caraway seeds, then finished with dollops of ricotta that melt into a creamy, light sauce over pasta.

Crawfish tails simmered in a creamy shrimp soup sauce with sauteed onions, garlic, bell pepper, celery, and white wine. Ladle this Cajun-style goodness over rice or pasta.