Pasta with peppers and fresh cheese, the best pasta dish for summer days
Pasta with peppers and fresh cheese, the best pasta dish for summer days
For an express meal with a sauce that changes from the ordinary, make delicious pasta with peppers and cream cheese! To change traditional carbonaras or bolognese, nothing better than a recipe that smells good in summer with peppers which will bring a delicious smoky taste and a beautiful orange color to your dish, all mixed with cream cheese which will add creaminess to the sauce. An super easy to make and sunny recipe :-)
How to store Creamy Pepper Pasta? You can keep them in the fridge for 24 hours. Before serving, heat them in a saucepan, adding a little water to dilute the sauce.
Can I use this base as a cold pasta salad? Of course. Prepare the pepper and cream cheese sauce and use it to season the pasta that you have cooled before serving. For a more homogeneous mixture, we recommend that you add a drizzle of olive oil to your salad.
Which pasta should I use for this recipe? We advise you to use short pasta. We chose tortiglioni but you can also try fusilli, rigatoni, mezze maniche, fusilli or farfalle.
What peppers should I use to prepare this recipe? We recommend using a mix of red, yellow and orange peppers, the green pepper is a little less mild and sweet than the others.
What can I use instead of cream cheese? You can use goat cream cheese. If you don't like it, we advise you to increase the dose of peppers to have a creamier consistency and add pasta cooking water.