Trail Cooking: Herby Pasta White Sauce

A week or two ago I posted an article about alcohol stove cooking where I took my family out on a picnic and we cooked with a couple home made alcohol stoves. One of the recipes was a pasta with white sauce. While most pastas have their own cooking rules, I thought I’d post the recipe for the white sauce and instructions on how to prepare the meal with your own favourite pasta.

The benefit of this recipe is that it uses all dry ingredients and can be premixed. As with any trail recipe, try it out before you go to adjust ingredients to your taste.

Herby Pasta White Sauce (serves 2)

Ingredients

• Pasta for 2

• 1/4 cup whole milk Powder
• 1 tbsp Parmigiana (parmesan) Cheese
• 1/4 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp dried basil
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Home Preparation:

1. Mix dried ingredients and store in air tight container.

Steps:

1. Boil pasta
2. Pour off extra water into a container to be used with the sauce.
3. Pour dry white sauce mix into a cup or other container
4. Add extra water to the mix, stirring regularly until the sauce reaches the desired consistency.
5. Pour sauce over pasta.