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Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese Thyme Sauce

A silky, tangy pasta sauce built on mellow oven-roasted garlic and cream cheese, brightened with lemon and woodsy thyme.

Roasted Garlic Cream Cheese Thyme Sauce

Ingredients

  • 10 cloves30 gGarliccloves peeled, left whole
  • 2¼ tsp10 gOlive oil
  • 1 tbsp14 gUnsalted butter
  • 2 medium30 gGreen onionsthinly sliced, white and green parts kept separate
  • 2 tbsp14 gAll-purpose flour
  • 1⅔ cups (390 ml)400 gMilk, 2%
  • ⅓ cup85 gCream cheesecubed and softened
  • 3 tbsp grated20 gGrated Parmesan
  • 2 tsp2 gDried thyme
  • 1 tsp2 gLemon zest
  • ⅛ tsp1 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Place the garlic cloves on a small square of foil, drizzle with the olive oil, wrap tightly and roast for 30 minutes until soft and golden. Let cool for 5 minutes, then mash the garlic with its oil into a paste.
  3. While the garlic roasts, slice the green onion and keep the white parts and green parts separate.
  4. Melt the butter in an ovenproof saucepan over medium heat, add the green onion whites and cook for 2 minutes until soft.
  5. Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring, without letting it brown.
  6. Slowly whisk in the milk, then add the thyme and simmer gently for 4 to 5 minutes, whisking, until the sauce coats a spoon.
  7. Lower the heat and whisk in the roasted garlic paste and the cream cheese until smooth.
  8. Off the heat, stir in the parmesan, lemon zest, salt and black pepper.
  9. Toss with hot cooked pasta, loosening with a splash of pasta water if needed, and scatter the green onion greens over the top.

Contains: Milk, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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