Creamy Tomato Pasta is a delicious one-pot main dish recipe and is ideal for all the pasta lovers that can be prepared under 20 minutes!
Sometimes when you crave for simple pasta meal for your family this dish can be made in a jiffy. Dumb everything in an Instant Pot, pressure cook and done. 20 minutes to a delicious meal. You can also add some vegetables like peas ,corn ,carrots with the sauce, fresh basil or parsley for garnish and serve with some garlic bread and soup.
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THIS RECIPE IS PERFECT FOR?
- Kids lunch box or when making a lunch or dinner in a hurry.
- Using few ingredients which is an economical meal
VARIATIONS:
- If you don’t have olive oil, you can use butter or regular cooking oil as well.
- If you don’t have cream at home you can replace with same amount of mayonnaise or full fat milk OR cashew or almond cream if vegan.
- You can also add sweet corn and some chopped spinach or kale after the pressure cooking cycle.
- You can use garlic powder instead of fresh garlic.
- You can use any kind of pasta’s.Try using Whole wheat ,Lentils or Veggie pasta for kids.
TIPS:
- Pasta sauce should not be too thick else after mixing pasta they become dry when eaten later.
- The time to cook pasta in instant pot is usually half of the suggested time on the pasta box and minus one for al dente pasta.
- BURN ALERT ? If your instant pot has shown BURN in the past, add 1/2 cup of extra water while making this pasta.Tomato based sauces easily stick to the bottom of the pot during sauteing.So thats the reason we are just spreading sauce on top of the pasta.
- Make sure you have enough water to cover most of the pasta under water.Depending on the shape and size of pasta you may need more or less liquids.
- Always stir in cream, cheese etc after the pressure cooking cycle.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH CREAMY TOMATO PASTA
You can enjoy a big bowl of Creamy Tomato Pasta and call it a meal, but if you want to go all out, the following foods go great with tomato pasta!
Caprese Salad
HOW TO MAKE CREAMY TOMATO PASTA IN INSTANT POT STEP BY STEP
Ingredients:
- dry penne pasta
- Marinara Sauce or marinara or pizza sauce or tomato puree
- water
- virgin olive oil
- garlic ,minced
- Green peas
- Dried basil or herbs
- Red chilli flakes
- Salt or to taste
- heavy cream
- mozzarella or parmesan or cheese of your choice
INSTANT POT METHOD:
Press SAUTE mode on Instant Pot. Add olive oil and once it’s hot add minced garlic and saute for 30 seconds or till aromatic.
Then add dry pasta, green peas ,water or broth ,red chilli flakes ,herbs and salt to the instant pot.Spread tomato sauce on top. Gently push all pasta under liquid. Do not mix it.Most of the pasta should be covered in the sauce and water. If it is not, add some more water.
*Burnt Alert? If your instant pot has shown BURN in the past, add 1/2 cup of extra water.In newer versions of Instant Pot, lot of people have faced burn issue.So thats the reason we are just spreading sauce on top of the pasta.
Press CANCEL button on Instant Pot.Close the lid on the pot, and turn pressure valve to SEALING position.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and set timer to 4 minutes.
Note:Generally The time to cook pasta in instant pot is usually half of the suggested time on the pasta box and minus one for al dente pasta.
Using penne pasta in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stove top. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta.So its 4 minutes.For softer pasta do 5 minutes.
When the instant pot beeps,Wait 2-3 minutes and Quick Release the remaining pressure manually.
Stir in the heavy cream and cheese, mix everything well.Add more cream and cheese if you want more creamy texture.
Creamy Tomato Penne Pasta is ready to be served.
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Creamy Tomato Pasta is a delicious one-pot main dish recipe and is ideal for all the pasta lovers that can be prepared under 20 minutes!
- 8 oz Dry penne pasta (about 2-2.5 cups)
- 12 oz Marinara Sauce or marinara or pizza sauce or tomato puree (about 1.5 cups)
- 2 cups Water
- 1 teaspoon virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic ,minced or garlic powder
- 1/2 cup Green peas (i used frozen)
- 2 teaspoon Dried basil or herbs
- 1/2 teaspoon Red chilli flakes
- Salt or to taste
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup mozzarella or parmesan or cheese of your choice
Press SAUTE mode on Instant Pot. Add olive oil and once it’s hot add minced garlic and saute for 30 seconds or till aromatic.
Then add dry pasta, green peas ,water or broth ,red chilli flakes ,herbs and salt to the instant pot.Spread tomato sauce on top. Gently push all pasta under liquid. Do not mix it.Most of the pasta should be covered in the sauce and water. If it is not, add some more water.
Press CANCEL button on Instant Pot.Close the lid on the pot, and turn pressure valve to SEALING position.Set the pot to MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK (High Pressure) and set timer to 4 minutes.
Using penne pasta in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stove top. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta.So its 4 minutes.For softer pasta do 5 minutes.
When the instant pot beeps,Wait 2-3 minutes and Quick Release the remaining pressure manually.
Stir in the heavy cream and cheese, mix everything well.Add more cream and cheese if you want more creamy texture.
Creamy Tomato Penne Pasta is ready to be served.
1.Note:Generally The time to cook pasta in instant pot is usually half of the suggested time on the pasta box and minus one for al dente pasta.Using penne pasta in this recipe which has 10 minutes for cooking on stove top. So to cook on Instant Pot – Divide the cook time by half and minus one for al dente pasta.So its 4 minutes.
2.BURN ALERT ? If your instant pot has shown BURN in the past, add 1/2 cup of extra water.In newer versions of Instant Pot, lot of people have faced burn issue.So thats the reason we are just spreading sauce on top of the pasta.
3.Make sure you have enough water to cover most of the pasta under water.Depending on the shape and size of pasta you may need more or less liquids.
4.This recipe was created in 6qt Instant Pot DUO60 Multi-use Pressure Cooker.
Note: Nutrition values are my best estimates. If you rely on them for your diet, use your preferred nutrition calculator.
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