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Hot cheese and sour cream pasta sprinkled with grated cheese, served on a white plate
Creamy cheese and sour cream pasta with freshly grated cheese, perfect quick dinner.

Pasta with sour cream and cheese

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses

The alpha and omega of Hungarian 'comfort food'. The meeting of hot pasta, cold, tart sour cream, and salty, melting cheese creates a contrast of flavour and temperature that is brilliant in its simplicity. Requires no special technique, just good quality ingredients.

🕒 Prep Time 5 mins
🍳 Cook Time 12 mins
⌛ Total Time 17 mins
🍽️ Servings 4 servings
🔥 Calories 580 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Large pot for pasta
  • Colander
  • Grater

Allergen Information

⚠️ Cereals containing gluten
⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Boil water in a large pot. When rolling, add a tablespoon of salt.

Tip: Pasta needs space to cook, otherwise the dissolving starch makes the water slimy and the pasta sticks together.
2 ✓

Cook the pasta for the time written on the packet (al dente). Meanwhile, grate the cheese.

Tip: The cheese flavour prevails better with surface area (grating), and melts easier on the hot pasta.
3 ✓

Drain the pasta, let it drip dry, and mix with a little oil (or fat) so it doesn't stick together.

Tip: Many rinse with cold water, but this washes off the starch layer which would help the sour cream stick. Better just to drip dry.
4 ✓

Serve immediately: pile generous sour cream onto the hot pasta, and sprinkle with the cheese.

Tip: It is best when the pasta is still steaming, melting the bottom layer of cheese.

Recipe FAQ

The pasta stuck together.
You didn't use enough water, or overcooked it. Pasta starch acts like glue. Stir immediately with the sour cream or a little oil after cooking.

Ingredients

  • 400 g Dry pasta (spaghetti, macaroni or shapes)
  • 300 g Sour cream (20%)
  • 150 g Cheese (Trappist, Gouda or Edam)
  • 1 tbsp Salt (for cooking water)
  • 1 tsp Oil
  • 1 pinch Pepper (optional)