| But no, (dairy) cream isn't one of them. | | | | | How in the world can you make a cream sauce without cream? | | | Cashews! When blended with water, this buttery nut turns into something silky, rich, and enormously eager to hang out with pasta. The only other ingredient you'll need is a boatload of basil. Consider it the greenest, easiest, breeziest dinner for peak summer.
| |  | | Emma Laperruque | | Food Editor, Big Fan of Basil | | | | For that crazy-pretty color, the trick is to blanch the basil leaves for two shakes of a lamb's tail. (Then we'll use the boiling water again for the pasta.) | | | | More Where That Came From | | With more few-ingredient pastas (and salads! and soups! and cookies!), the Big Little Recipes cookbook is coming your way this October. | | | | | | | | | Triple-Broccoli Pasta Salad | | | | | | | | | | | Pasta With Marinated Artichoke Sauce | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pasta With Garlic Butter Sauce | | | | | | | | | | | Stovetop Mac & Cheese With Garlic Powder & White Pepper | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
