5 Simple Pasta Recipes You Can Master With Basic Cooking Skills

Conchiglie, Macaroni, Pizzoccheri, Bigoli, Spaghetti Alla Chittara - pasta has many versatile varieties that lend themselves to different curries, jus and other mains to go with. For those of us who love our Italian, it's also a comfort meal. Here are five simple pasta recipes you can master with basic cooking skills.

The very sight of a delightful evening, with a plate of favourite pasta paired with a classic red wine, is euphoric. A hearty pasta oozing of marinara sauce that melts like butter, flirting with your taste buds and the aged, tipsy red wine that tingles your insides... ah satisfying. While the very thought of this meal is exciting, the idea of preparing it at home is dreadful to many.

How does get those pasta cravings in by spending just a short time in the kitchen? With these simple pasta recipes, you can easily satisfy your Italian hunger pangs. Iniziamo!

5 Simple Pasta Recipes You Can Easily Cook Up At Home

Cream Cheese Pasta

• Cook your spaghetti, or any other pasta you like, al dente. Drain it when it's cooked.
• Add garlic to olive oil and saute' until it is fragrant.
• Now add cream cheese and parmesan along with pasta cooking water, salt and pepper and stir.
• Add pasta to this and mix well.
• Top it with parmesan, black pepper and olive oil and dig into your cheesy delight. Cacio e pepe with a little cheesy extra.

Cherry Tomato Pasta Salad

10 minutes, 5 ingredients = A soul-satisfying pasta recipe.

• Cook your pasta al dente and drain it.
• In a bowl add pasta, chopped tomatoes, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, pepper and shredded or minced basil.
• Mix these well and we are done. So easy and tasty. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil. Some even squeeze a little balsamic reduction.

Italian Marinara Sauce Pasta

A Southern Italian recipe for times when you are out of vegetables and groceries and all you have left is tomatoes and pasta.

• Cook your spaghetti or pasta similar to previous recipes.
• In olive oil, fry garlic, chilli flakes and onions. You can skip the onions if you want.
• Add tomato puree, salt, pepper and oregano to the onions and garlic. Cook for about 15 minutes.
• Add your pasta to the sauce and mix well.
• Top this quick pasta with olive oil and oregano and enjoy.

Lemon Ricotta Pasta

When life gives you lemons, make lemon ricotta pasta. your go-to pasta that cooks in less than 15 minutes and gives long lasting pleasure to you taste buds.

• Cook you pasta, al dente. Drain it once cooked.
• Mix ricotta, olive oil, parmesan, salt, pepper, lemon zest and finely chopped garlic. taste to check if the season is as per your liking.
• Cook spinach for 1 minute in a pot.
• Add ricotta sauce to spinach and spaghetti and stir well. Add some pasta cooking water if needed.
• Enjoy your lemony treat along with drizzles of olive oil and parmesan cheese over it.

Spaghetti With Garlic And Olive Oil

All you need for this quick pasta recipe is spaghetti, olive oil, garlic, salt and chilli flakes, all of which is easily available in your kitchen.

• Cook spaghetti al dente, meanwhile stir fry chilli flakes and finely chopped garlic in olive oil along with salt and pepper.
• Drain the cooked spaghetti and add it to your stir fry.
• You can also add parley, if you want, at this point of cooking.
• Add water to moist cook the pasta, stir well.
• Top it with parmesan cheese if you are a cheese lover. If not, skip it.
• Done. That's your simple, easy to cook pasta.

While cooking these recipes, make sure you cook the past moist enough. Also keep aside some pasta cooking water while draining pasta. You should also add salt when you cook your pasta and add a little bit in the sauce and stir fry as well. Taste the seasonings to see if everything is in right amount. Olive oil is suggested in the recipes above but you can switch it with oils that you use, mostly you can use soyabean refined oil in it's stead. Check these and much more simple pasta recipes here.

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