Description
Anna Paul’s Turkish pasta recipe is a creamy, savory viral dish made with tender pasta, spiced ground beef, garlicky yogurt, and a buttery paprika sauce that’s comforting, bold, and weeknight-friendly.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz short pasta (rigatoni, penne, or fusilli)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- Fresh parsley, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water and drain.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook the onion until soft and translucent.
- Add ground beef and cook until browned, breaking it apart.
- Stir in minced garlic, paprika, smoked paprika, chili flakes, salt, and black pepper, cooking until fragrant.
- Mix Greek yogurt with grated garlic and a pinch of salt in a small bowl.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat and stir in tomato paste and paprika until aromatic.
- Toss pasta with the beef mixture, adding pasta water as needed.
- Spread yogurt on a plate, top with pasta, and drizzle with paprika butter sauce.
Notes
Adjust chili flakes for heat, thin yogurt with pasta water if needed, and keep yogurt and butter sauce separate when storing leftovers.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Turkish-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 520
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 105mg
Keywords: Anna Paul Turkish pasta recipe, viral pasta, Turkish pasta, yogurt pasta, ground beef pasta