Cream-dressed pasta with garlic and thyme
This shelf holds whipped cream in a can, which is not the starting point for dinner—but it finishes pasta with grace. A hot pan coaxes it into a silky sauce that clings to noodles without the bother of reducing stock or cream.
About 980 calories a serving, 18 g protein, 89 g carbohydrate, 62 g fat. From USDA figures for 83% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 1 small bunch fresh thyme or parsley
From your shelf
- 1 can [227 g] whipped heavy cream
Staples
- 8 oz pasta
- 2 tablespoons [28 g] butter
- 3 cloves garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook 8 oz pasta until just tender, about 10 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
- While pasta cooks, warm 1 tablespoon oil and 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over low heat. Slice 3 cloves garlic thin and stir them into the fat until they smell sweet and golden, about 3 minutes.
- Shake the can of whipped cream well, then open and scrape all of it into the hot skillet with the garlic. Stir constantly to dissolve it into a sauce, adding 2 tablespoons of reserved pasta water if needed.
- Tip the drained pasta into the skillet and toss to coat, adding more pasta water a splash at a time until the sauce coats each strand. Season with salt and pepper.
- Divide between two bowls and tear over 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme or parsley leaves per serving.
Note Swap in fresh sage for thyme if you have it. Leftovers keep cold for two days; warm gently with a splash of water. Serve with bitter greens dressed with lemon and oil, or follow with a green salad.
On the label
HEAVY CREAM*, NONFAT MILK*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, CARRAGEENAN, SUCRALOSE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (VITAMIN E) TO PROTECT FLAVOR. PROPELLANT: NITROUS OXIDE.
Land O Lakes, cream, serving 6 g, package 14 oz/397 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as heavy cream. Half of it left? Use up the heavy cream.