White SaucePasta

Name: White Sauce Pasta
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 34 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 15 cloves garlic, peeled; 1 green chilli, top stem removed; ¾ red bell pepper, deseeded, cut in 4; 2 tbsp pomace olive oil; 300 g milk; 50 g sweet corn, rinsed; frozen works best; 160 g fusilli pasta, dry; 250 ml water; 20 g butter; 100 g cream; 1¼ tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 1½ tbsp oregano seasoning; 1 tbsp corn flour; a few black olives, sliced (to serve); a pinch red paprika (to serve); to taste cheese, grated (to serve)

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3,100+ cooks

★ 4.6

Total time:40min
Your hands-on time:10min you
Longest hands-free stretch:18min free

10 min30 min

upliance, upliance
This cooks it.
- CHOP
- SAUTÉ
- STIR
- COOK
What is it?
upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make white sauce pasta from above, pasta and sauce in the same jar.
You, 6 min
Peel garlic, quarter pepper
How rough?
Peel 15 garlic cloves (the longest job here, about 4 minutes). Pull the stem off 1 green chilli. Deseed ¾ of a red bell pepper and cut it in 4. Rinse the corn. No fine chopping: that's the jar's job.
You, 15 s
Drop 1 of 5
What goes in
15 peeled garlic cloves and 1 green chilli, stem off. upliance weighs them as they land.
upliance, 10 s
Minces the garlic
No knife?
No knife, no garlicky fingers. With the lid and crown on, the blade minces 15 cloves and the chilli fine in about 10 seconds.
You, 15 s
Drop 2 of 5
What goes in
¾ of a red bell pepper, deseeded and cut in 4, straight on top of the minced garlic.
upliance, 10 s
Chops the pepper
Then?
A coarser chop this time, so you still get little red bits in the sauce. When it stops, scrape the sides down once with the spatula.
You, 15 s
Drop 3 of 5
What goes in
2 tbsp pomace olive oil over the chopped garlic and pepper. Then lift the crown off the lid.
upliance, 5 min
Sautés & stirs
Why crown off?
With the crown off so the moisture escapes, upliance sautés the garlic and pepper in olive oil for 5 minutes, stirring by itself, till the raw garlic smell is gone and the pepper is soft.
You, 30 s
Drop 4 of 5
What goes in
300 g milk and 50 g sweet corn, rinsed. Frozen corn works best here.
upliance, 7 min
Simmers the milk base
What's happening?
upliance warms the milk and keeps stirring for 7 minutes so it doesn't catch, while the corn cooks and the garlic and pepper flavour the milk. This is the start of your white sauce.
You, 1 min
Drop 5 of 5
What goes in
Everything else, at once: 160 g dry fusilli, 250 ml water, 20 g butter, 100 g cream, then 1¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper, 1½ tbsp oregano seasoning and 1 tbsp corn flour to thicken. Crown back on.
upliance, 18 min
Cooks pasta in sauce
18MIN FREEgo set the table
What's the jar doing?
upliance cooks the fusilli right in the milk and cream, stirring as it goes, till the pasta is tender and the sauce turns thick and glossy. For the last 3 minutes it stops stirring and lets the pasta finish in the heat. A little browning on the base is normal with pasta and dairy.
You, 2 min
Olives, cheese. Serve.
Finish
Spoon the pasta onto plates. Top with sliced black olives, a pinch of red paprika and some grated cheese, and eat it hot.

Your 40 minutes, split

10 min

peel garlic · 5 drops · garnish

30 min18 free

chop · sauté · stir · cook

Full recipeIngredients by drop and every step

A one-pot, creamy white sauce pasta with sweet corn and red pepper. The fusilli cooks right in the sauce, so there's no pot to drain and no roux to babysit. Low on input, high on delight.

Italian. Veg one pot meal. Serves 2. About 40 min start to finish; about 10 min of it is you. Cooked 3,100+ times on upliance.

Ingredients (2 servings)

Drop 1minced by the jar

Garlic peeled15 cloves
Green chilli top stem removed1

Drop 2chopped by the jar

Red bell pepper deseeded, cut in 4¾

Drop 3sautéd soft

Pomace olive oil 2 tbsp

Drop 4simmered into the base

Milk 300 g
Sweet corn rinsed; frozen works best50 g

Drop 5pasta cooks in the sauce, ~18 min

Fusilli pasta dry160 g
Water 250 ml
Butter 20 g
Cream 100 g
Salt 1¼ tsp
Black pepper ½ tsp
Oregano seasoning 1½ tbsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp

To serve

Black olives sliceda few
Red paprika a pinch
Cheese gratedto taste

Steps

Prep (you, ~6 min). Peel 15 garlic cloves. Remove the stem from the green chilli. Deseed ¾ of a red bell pepper and cut it in 4. Rinse the sweet corn.
Drop 1 (you, 15 s). Put the garlic and green chilli into the jar.
upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it minces the garlic and chilli fine.
Drop 2 (you, 15 s). Add the red bell pepper pieces.
upliance, 10 s. It chops the pepper coarsely. Scrape down the sides.
Drop 3 (you, 15 s). Add 2 tbsp pomace olive oil and take the crown off the lid.
upliance, 5 min. It sautés the garlic and pepper, stirring by itself, till soft and fragrant.
Drop 4 (you, 30 s). Add 300 g milk and 50 g sweet corn.
upliance, 7 min. With the crown still off, it heats the milk and stirs all the way, cooking the corn into a light base.
Drop 5 (you, ~1 min). Add 160 g fusilli, 250 ml water, 20 g butter and 100 g cream, then salt, black pepper, oregano seasoning and corn flour. Put the crown back on.
upliance, ~18 min. It cooks the pasta in the sauce, stirring, till tender and creamy, then lets it finish in the heat for the last few minutes. This is your free time: about 18 minutes away from the kitchen. A little browning on the base is normal with pasta and dairy.
Serve (you, 2 min). Plate the pasta and top with sliced black olives, a pinch of red paprika and grated cheese.

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White SaucePasta

watch the jar ↓

3,100+ cooks

★ 4.6

Total time:40min
Your hands-on time:10min you
Longest hands-free stretch:18min free

10 min30 min

upliance, upliance
This cooks it.
- CHOP
- SAUTÉ
- STIR
- COOK
What is it?
upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make white sauce pasta from above, pasta and sauce in the same jar.
You, 6 min
Peel garlic, quarter pepper
How rough?
Peel 15 garlic cloves (the longest job here, about 4 minutes). Pull the stem off 1 green chilli. Deseed ¾ of a red bell pepper and cut it in 4. Rinse the corn. No fine chopping: that's the jar's job.
You, 15 s
Drop 1 of 5
What goes in
15 peeled garlic cloves and 1 green chilli, stem off. upliance weighs them as they land.
upliance, 10 s
Minces the garlic
No knife?
No knife, no garlicky fingers. With the lid and crown on, the blade minces 15 cloves and the chilli fine in about 10 seconds.
You, 15 s
Drop 2 of 5
What goes in
¾ of a red bell pepper, deseeded and cut in 4, straight on top of the minced garlic.
upliance, 10 s
Chops the pepper
Then?
A coarser chop this time, so you still get little red bits in the sauce. When it stops, scrape the sides down once with the spatula.
You, 15 s
Drop 3 of 5
What goes in
2 tbsp pomace olive oil over the chopped garlic and pepper. Then lift the crown off the lid.
upliance, 5 min
Sautés & stirs
Why crown off?
With the crown off so the moisture escapes, upliance sautés the garlic and pepper in olive oil for 5 minutes, stirring by itself, till the raw garlic smell is gone and the pepper is soft.
You, 30 s
Drop 4 of 5
What goes in
300 g milk and 50 g sweet corn, rinsed. Frozen corn works best here.
upliance, 7 min
Simmers the milk base
What's happening?
upliance warms the milk and keeps stirring for 7 minutes so it doesn't catch, while the corn cooks and the garlic and pepper flavour the milk. This is the start of your white sauce.
You, 1 min
Drop 5 of 5
What goes in
Everything else, at once: 160 g dry fusilli, 250 ml water, 20 g butter, 100 g cream, then 1¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper, 1½ tbsp oregano seasoning and 1 tbsp corn flour to thicken. Crown back on.
upliance, 18 min
Cooks pasta in sauce
18MIN FREEgo set the table
What's the jar doing?
upliance cooks the fusilli right in the milk and cream, stirring as it goes, till the pasta is tender and the sauce turns thick and glossy. For the last 3 minutes it stops stirring and lets the pasta finish in the heat. A little browning on the base is normal with pasta and dairy.
You, 2 min
Olives, cheese. Serve.
Finish
Spoon the pasta onto plates. Top with sliced black olives, a pinch of red paprika and some grated cheese, and eat it hot.

Your 40 minutes, split

10 min

peel garlic · 5 drops · garnish

30 min18 free

chop · sauté · stir · cook

Full recipeIngredients by drop and every step

A one-pot, creamy white sauce pasta with sweet corn and red pepper. The fusilli cooks right in the sauce, so there's no pot to drain and no roux to babysit. Low on input, high on delight.

Italian. Veg one pot meal. Serves 2. About 40 min start to finish; about 10 min of it is you. Cooked 3,100+ times on upliance.

Ingredients (2 servings)

Drop 1minced by the jar

Garlic peeled15 cloves
Green chilli top stem removed1

Drop 2chopped by the jar

Red bell pepper deseeded, cut in 4¾

Drop 3sautéd soft

Pomace olive oil 2 tbsp

Drop 4simmered into the base

Milk 300 g
Sweet corn rinsed; frozen works best50 g

Drop 5pasta cooks in the sauce, ~18 min

Fusilli pasta dry160 g
Water 250 ml
Butter 20 g
Cream 100 g
Salt 1¼ tsp
Black pepper ½ tsp
Oregano seasoning 1½ tbsp
Corn flour 1 tbsp

To serve

Black olives sliceda few
Red paprika a pinch
Cheese gratedto taste

Steps

Prep (you, ~6 min). Peel 15 garlic cloves. Remove the stem from the green chilli. Deseed ¾ of a red bell pepper and cut it in 4. Rinse the sweet corn.
Drop 1 (you, 15 s). Put the garlic and green chilli into the jar.
upliance, 10 s. With the lid and crown on, it minces the garlic and chilli fine.
Drop 2 (you, 15 s). Add the red bell pepper pieces.
upliance, 10 s. It chops the pepper coarsely. Scrape down the sides.
Drop 3 (you, 15 s). Add 2 tbsp pomace olive oil and take the crown off the lid.
upliance, 5 min. It sautés the garlic and pepper, stirring by itself, till soft and fragrant.
Drop 4 (you, 30 s). Add 300 g milk and 50 g sweet corn.
upliance, 7 min. With the crown still off, it heats the milk and stirs all the way, cooking the corn into a light base.
Drop 5 (you, ~1 min). Add 160 g fusilli, 250 ml water, 20 g butter and 100 g cream, then salt, black pepper, oregano seasoning and corn flour. Put the crown back on.
upliance, ~18 min. It cooks the pasta in the sauce, stirring, till tender and creamy, then lets it finish in the heat for the last few minutes. This is your free time: about 18 minutes away from the kitchen. A little browning on the base is normal with pasta and dairy.
Serve (you, 2 min). Plate the pasta and top with sliced black olives, a pinch of red paprika and grated cheese.

White SaucePasta

How upliance makes white sauce pasta, step by step

This cooks it.

Peel garlic, quarter pepper

Drop 1 of 5

Minces the garlic

Drop 2 of 5

Chops the pepper

Drop 3 of 5

Sautés & stirs

Drop 4 of 5

Simmers the milk base

Drop 5 of 5

Cooks pasta in sauce

Olives, cheese. Serve.

Your 40 minutes, split

Ingredients (2 servings)

Drop 1minced by the jar

Drop 2chopped by the jar

Drop 3sautéd soft

Drop 4simmered into the base

Drop 5pasta cooks in the sauce, ~18 min

To serve

Steps

White SaucePasta

How upliance makes white sauce pasta, step by step

This cooks it.

Peel garlic, quarter pepper

Drop 1 of 5

Minces the garlic

Drop 2 of 5

Chops the pepper

Drop 3 of 5

Sautés & stirs

Drop 4 of 5

Simmers the milk base

Drop 5 of 5

Cooks pasta in sauce

Olives, cheese. Serve.

Your 40 minutes, split

Ingredients (2 servings)

Drop 1minced by the jar

Drop 2chopped by the jar

Drop 3sautéd soft

Drop 4simmered into the base

Drop 5pasta cooks in the sauce, ~18 min

To serve

Steps