Sauces for pasta without cooking: flavor and… savings!

Here are many sauces without cooking perfect for seasoning pasta and ready in 5 minutes, ideal for fighting expensive bills and more.

The sauce par excellence is definitely the ragù but you want to cope with the expensive bills , you want to drastically reduce the preparation time , you can opt for delicious sauces without cooking. Basically we could compare them to pestos because to prepare them, in most cases, it is necessary to blend the ingredients together in order to obtain a creamy consistency to be adjusted, at the most, with a little cooking water from the pasta.

It goes without saying then that you will have to use a blender, a mixer or a jug blender (even the Thermomix is ​​fine): they are all equally good and it is not necessary to make specific purchases in this regard. In our opinion the most versatile is the mixer with the blades positioned at the bottom. In fact, the ingredients fit comfortably and it is easy to evaluate their consistency. But let's see all the details together to prepare delicious raw sauces.

Tomato sauce without cooking

If you too cannot give up the classic tomato pasta but want to opt for a no-cooking sauce, this recipe will win you over at the first taste. It is a no-cooking tomato sauce prepared with very few ingredients in less than 5 minutes.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 400 g of tomatoes
• 6 basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
• 3 tablespoons of oil

Blend all the ingredients until you get a smooth sauce and use it to season the pasta. If you want you can warm it in a pot together with the pasta but even cold it is really excellent.

Pesto sauce in the Trapani's style

As simple as the previous one, the pesto alla trapanese involves the addition of almonds . Also in this case we are talking about a sauce without cooking perfect for seasoning pasta, especially short shapes.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 6 tomatoes
• 50 g skinless almonds
• 15 fresh basil leaves
• 100 g of grated cheese or ricotta
• 1 clove of garlic
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed

Wash the basil and tomatoes thoroughly and peel them with the help of a potato peeler. In a blender, blend the garlic and basil, adding the oil a little at a time. Then add the Parmesan, a pinch of salt and the tomatoes. Adjust the consistency of the pesto with oil to taste.

Zucchini pesto

Excellent for summer but easy to prepare at other times of the year, courgette pesto is prepared raw. The secret is to let the courgettes drain well from the vegetable water and then blend them with the other ingredients until a creamy mixture is obtained.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 4 courgettes
• 10/12 fresh basil leaves
• 40 g of almonds
• 100 g of grated cheese
• 1 clove of garlic
• Salt and Pepper To Taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

After washing the courgettes, remove the ends and grate them with a grater with large holes. Season them with a pinch of salt and put them to drain in a colander. After about 30 minutes, squeeze them and blend them with the other ingredients until you get a creamy consistency.

Rocket pesto

Even for the rocket pesto it will take less than 5 minutes. The result is a light and tasty sauce, perfect for seasoning pasta.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 100 g of fresh rocket
• 100 g of cheese mix (pecorino and parmesan)
• 1 clove of garlic
• extra virgin olive oil to taste
• 50 g of pine nuts
• salt up to taste

Wash and dry the rocket leaves well then blend them with the other ingredients until you get a creamy consistency. Use it to season pasta without putting it back in the pan.

Caprese sauce

In this case you don't even need a mixer. In fact, the Caprese sauce is prepared using the classic salad ingredients, added to the pasta. In winter, combining hot pasta with mozzarella will return a tasty and stringy first course.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 2 mozzarella
• 1 bunch of basil
• Salt and Pepper To Taste
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

Wash the tomatoes and cut them, as well as the mozzarella, into one centimeter cubes. Put them in a salad bowl and season with plenty of basil, chopped with your hands, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Once the pasta is ready, drain it and add it to the sauce by adding a generous round of oil.

Salmon and philadelphia pasta

Although in our original recipe the salmon is sautéed in a pan, you should know that it is possible to prepare salmon pasta even without cooking using smoked salmon. Here's how it's done.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 300 g of smoked salmon
• 150 g of philadelphia
• 1 bunch of dill
• 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed

Cream the cheese, season with dill, salt and pepper. Add the salmon cut into strips once the pasta is ready. Drizzle with oil and adjust the final consistency of the dish with cooking water.

Pasta with ricotta cheese

With an intense lemon scent,pasta with ricotta is a really quick first course to prepare. Clearly you can replace this light cheese with other types as long as they are creamy such as robiola, philadelphia or mascarpone.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 250 g of cottage cheese
• 1 organic lemon
• pepper as needed
• Salt to taste

Cream the ricotta and flavor it with the grated rind of the lemon, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Use the cream to season the pasta and adjust the consistency with milk or cooking water. If you want you can replace the lemon with a sachet of saffron.

Pasta with avocado and tuna

Could a tuna pasta be missing from the recipes for sauces without cooking? Absolutely no! In this case we used the creaminess of avocado instead of that of a cheese to obtain a well-blended paste. Let's see how.

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 1 ripe avocado
• 3 cans of tuna
• 1 lemon
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• Salt to taste
• pepper as needed

Scoop the avocado pulp and purée it together with the lemon juice. Season with salt, pepper and oil and once the pasta is ready, mix it with the cream. Drain the tuna well and add it to the other ingredients and that's it. Easy right?