Pasta Sauce Recipes - White, Red & More | Taste of Home (2024)

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What is it called when you mix white and red sauce? ›

What is Pink Sauce Pasta? Pink Sauce Pasta is cooked pasta tossed with equal parts red marinara sauce and white alfredo sauce which combine to make – you got it – a pink-hued sauce. Again, as simple as the combination sounds, it is mind blowingly delicious.

I like pasta with white sauce more than red sauce. I like the creamy texture of pasta with sweet corn and carrot garnished with Rosemary, Basil leaves, oregano and chilli flakes.

Tossing in strips of basil, a sprig of thyme or some oregano can take your sauce to the next level. Although fresh herbs might pop a bit more, dried herbs and spices can work just as well. Sprinkling in some red pepper flakes, a pinch of parsley and a dash of salt and pepper can liven up your jarred pasta sauce.

Red and White Pasta is always a dinner time favorite at our house. The combination of marinara with Alfredo sauce was a match made in heaven. This is another meatless meal that I always serve a big green salad with. It is so delicious!

Bercy – Chopped shallots, butter and white wine, with either fish stock or meat stock. Béchamel – milk-based sauce, thickened with a white roux. Beurre blanc – Reduction of butter, vinegar, white wine and shallots.

Marinara is a basic tomato sauce commonly used for tossing with pasta or saucing pizza - it contains no meat. Ragu sauces contain meat - ragu contains meat. Bolognese Sauce is the first documented (1891) ragu.

Another name for bechamel — or béchamel — is "white sauce." Making a bechamel is a very basic technique in French cooking which begins with a roux, a cooked mixture of flour and butter, and after slowly whisking in milk, ends in a creamy sauce.

Similar to creamy sauces like Alfredo, or meaty sauces like ragu, tomato sauce is naturally low in fat, and as a result, sometimes becomes too thick and too starchy when it's been tossed with pasta. The addition of butter helps to loosen and emulsify the sauce, making it smooth and creamy.

Tomato sauce deepens and intensifies the longer you cook it. Tomato sauces can be cooked in 10 minutes or for 4 hours, and they can all be delicious. Cooking sauces for a long time don't inherently make them better, but it does intensify the flavor.

What can you add to a jar of spaghetti sauce to make it taste better? ›

Fresh herbs make all the difference in any pasta sauce, so if you have some lying around, they will really perk up a jarred sauce. Obviously, basil is classic, but thyme, rosemary, sage, marjoram, and oregano are all great in pasta sauce. Fresh parsley also makes anything sing, as do chives.

Toss in Olives or Capers

Briny ingredients like olives or capers are another way to brighten up your pasta sauce while also introducing texture and depth of flavor. Roughly chop a handful and stir them into your sauce while it's heating up on the stove.

OK, so I know I said you don't have to simmer sauce all day, but it should simmer a bit. You can cut the time down, however. A good 20- to 30-minute simmer will reward you with a much richer, flavorful sauce.

No. Alfredo sauce mixed with marinara sauce is known as pink sauce. While pink sauce and vodka sauce are both types of tomato sauce, they are not the same thing.

Palomino Sauce is a tomato and a cream-based sauce with a little extra zip. It is commonly served in Italian style restaurants. Now you can have it at home! We recommend you use our marinara sauce.

Yum Yum Sauce is made of mayonnaise, ketchup, vinegar, garlic, sugar, paprika and water to thin the sauce out. That's it! It's really just a matter of the right ratios of ingredients to get the flavor you want!

Blush Sauce, also called Rose sauce, is a pasta sauce made with alcohol, butter, tomatoes, cream, onion, garlic, and parmesan cheese.