What pasta sauces can I make that don't include cheese?
I've been making a fairly standard arrabbiata sauce for months, and I'd like to expand the number of sauces I can make.
However, many of these recipes involve cheese and/or milk, but I'm sadly lactose intolerant and would prefer to avoid these ingredients.
What others sauces could I be making, and what pasta should I use with them?
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Tomato Sauce
Putanesca
Pesto (omit parmesan)
Bolognese (meat sauce)
Squash Puree (maybe with sage)
Olive oil infusions (fresh herb/garlic/chilis/lemon zest)
Roasted Red Pepper puree sauce
etc
As an italian,
Amatriciana
Alla norma
Sauce "alla Fiorentina" (sage, garlic, capers, basil, chives)
Mushrooms and ham
Black Cuttlefish (nero di seppia)
Aretina sauce (sugo all'aretina)
Mushrooms, nuts and truffle sauce
And many more!
There are very few pasta sauces recipe that actually uses cheese or milk products in their recipes.
The ones that use cheese are easy to spot (caccio e pepe, carbonara...) so don't do them.
You could use lactose free cheese or milk or cream.
Remember that real Parmesan contain very little to no lactose.
To add to other suggestions, have a look at any sauces that use seafood and shellfish, they mostly are based on oil and tomatoes anyway.
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