The Best Vegan Creamy Pasta
This creamy vegan garlic pasta with butterbeans and radicchio will blow your mind. It is creamy and decadent yet dairy free. This is one of the tastiest pasta recipes you will ever try. The flavor combination of sautéed radicchio with the roasted garlic and creamy tomato sauce is delightful. This dish has everything: sweet bell peppers, umami sauce, creamy butter beans, pungent roasted garlic and silky coconut milk.
The Creamy Garlic and Tomato Sauce
The base of the sauce is roasted garlic. Combined with the caramelized tomato paste and coconut milk it makes a delectable sauce that is both sweet and savory. Smoked paprika brings a smoky depth to the recipe that is lick the plate delicious. The sauce is one of the things that makes this the best vegan creamy garlic pasta. It is easy and quick to make and has few ingredients.
The Best Ingredients
This creamy vegan garlic pasta recipe has some of the most flavorful veggies. I chose baby bell peppers for their sweetness, radicchio for it's delightful bitterness and baby spinach for the fresh and earthy pop of flavor. Butter beans are the "meat" of this vegan pasta recipe and they are perfect creamy.
What you need
- penne pasta
- Butter beans
- light unsweetened coconut milk
- tomato paste
- garlic
- radicchio
- smoked paprika
- salt
- baby bell peppers
- baby spinach
- extra virgin olive oil
- black pepper
- red pepper flakes
How to make Creamy Vegan Garlic Pasta
- Cook pasta according to the package, drain and reserve
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the oil on medium, then add garlic and roast until slightly golden and fragrant about 3 minutes.
- Add bell peppers and radicchio and season with a pinch of salt and pepper if using and cook for 2-3 minutes
- Push to the side and add tomato paste to caramelize for 2-3 minutes then add the coconut milk, smoked paprika and butter beans and bring to a boil stirring often then lower to a simmer.
- Last add in the spinach to wilt, then the cooked pasta and stir well until all is coated and distributed. Taste for salt and adjust to your preferences. Top with crushed red and black pepper.
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Creamy Vegan Garlic Pasta
Ingredients
- 1- pound penne 1 15-oz can butter beans drained
- 15 oz butterbeans drained and rinsed
- 15 oz unsweetened coconut milk
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ea radicchio chopped
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 ea baby bell peppers seeded and chopped
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 ea black pepper to your preferences
- 1 ea red pepper flakes to your preferences
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to the package, drain and reserve
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the oil on medium, then add garlic and roast until slightly golden and fragrant about 3 minutes.
- Add bell peppers and radicchio and season with a pinch of salt and pepper if using and cook for 2-3 minutes
- Push to the side and add tomato paste to caramelize for 2-3 minutes then add the coconut milk, smoked paprika and butter beans and bring to a boil stirring often then lower to a simmer.
- Last add in the spinach to wilt, then the cooked pasta and stir well until all is coated and distributed. Taste for salt and adjust to your preferences. Top with crushed red and black pepper.
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