Portrait of Giada De Laurentiis Getty Images / Robin Marchant / Stringern | Credit: Getty Images / Rob Kim
Portrait of Giada De Laurentiis Getty Images / Robin Marchant / Stringern | Credit: Getty Images / Rob Kim
Portrait of Giada De Laurentiis Getty Images / Robin Marchant / Stringern | Credit: Getty Images / Rob Kim
Portrait of Giada De Laurentiis
Getty Images / Robin Marchant / Stringern | Credit: Getty Images / Rob Kim
| Credit: Getty Images / Rob Kim
Ever since Giada De Laurentiis schooled us on the pasta-making mistake many of us have been making all along, our noodle-based noshes have been leveled up. Now, the Food Network and Discovery star, cookbook author, Italian food pro and mom is back with a smart solution for our sauce!
So what makes De Laurentiis’ sauce special? The fact that you need literally one ingredient—employed in a unique way—to create a low-fuss, cream-free cream sauce.
It’s “one of @Giadadelaurentiis’ favorite methods to make a lightened-up version of a cream sauce,” according to the team who runs the Instagram account for her food site, Giadzy, and the technique used for her Whole Wheat Linguine with Ricotta, Green Beans, and Tomatoes recipe shown in the picture.
“This pasta gets its creamy sauce from a combination of part-skim ricotta and water, which come together to make a really easy, lighter cream sauce,” De Laurentiis says of the recipe.
No messy cauliflower-rice making, no cashew soaking and no cream required…just a silky, scrumptious yet light cream sauce, all thanks to starchy water and part-skim ricotta. We plan to start with De Laurentiis’ Whole Wheat Linguine with Ricotta, Green Beans, and Tomatoes, of course, then try our super-similar sauce strategy in this 3-Ingredient Goat Cheese Pasta with Broccoli.
