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Pasta alfredo

Pasta alfredo

Serves: 
4
Time to make: 
30 mins
Total cost: 
$21.76 / $5.44 per serve
(at time of publication)
Health information: 
High calcium
High fibre
Low fat
High protein

Instructions

Instructions and steps: 

Step 1 Cook pasta according to packet instructions. Drain. Return to saucepan.

Step 2 Meanwhile, spray a large frying pan with oil and place over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onions. Cook, stirring, for 5–6 minutes, until liquid has evaporated. Add garlic.

Step 3 Combine 1/4 cup evaporated milk with cornflour in a small bowl. Add remaining milk to mushroom mixture and heat through. Add cornflour mixture and cook, stirring, for 4–5 minutes, until sauce boils and thickens. Add sour cream, ham and corn and cook for 1 minute, or until hot.

Step 4 Gently fold mushroom mixture into pasta, with parmesan and parsley. Serve with a salad.

About this Recipe

Recipe by: 
Photography: Ian Wallace
First Published: 
January 2011

Rate this recipe

Rating: 
4
Average: 4 (2 votes)

1 Comment. Add yours

sinead says:

Delicious creamy alfredo pasta- a hit at the family dinner table!

Full ingredient list: 
  • 300g tagliatelle
  • cooking oil spray
  • 300g button mushrooms, sliced
  • 3 green onions, sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 375ml can light evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon cornflour
  • 1/4 cup extra light sour cream
  • 200g 97% fat-free ham, chopped
  • 400g can no-added-salt corn, rinsed, drained
  • 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
  • 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • large green salad, to serve

Nutritional information (per serve)

Energy: 
2140kJ
Calories: 
511cal
Protein: 
32.5g
Fat: 
7.5g
- saturated: 
3g
Carbohydrates: 
73.7g
- sugars: 
16.9g
Dietary Fibre: 
7.9g
Sodium: 
557mg
Calcium: 
345mg
Iron: 
2.6mg

Nutrition information is given per serve
*NS: not specified