This is for those nights when my son is so tired I know he isn’t going to make it until I’ve cooked dinner for all of us, so I have to give him something beforehand. It’s very, very quick, super easy and actually very tasty (I end up picking at it quite a bit!).
Ingredients
- any filled fresh pasta eg tortellini / or / fresh gnocchi
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp mixed herbs
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the instructions (I usually just boil the kettle and let the pasta sit in the hot water while I’m preparing the sauce). If using gnocchi, I would really recommend frying it rather than boiling it – it gets a nice crispy outside and doesn’t go so mushy (fry it in a little of the butter).
- Melt the butter in a frying pan and add the herbs.
- Mix in the cream cheese.
- Throw in the pasta / gnocchi and stir until they are well covered with the sauce.
- That’s it!
Believe it or not, it’s very tasty (sort of reminiscent of that Italian classic of butter and sage). The sauce just covers the pasta, clinging it to it, so it’s actually good to eat even with fingers!
