This easy mushroom pasta sauce tastes great with angel hair pasta or fettucini. It pairs well with tender grilled chicken breast, shrimp, or steak and comes together in a matter of minutes. Craving Italian Restaurant Pasta? Then you must try this recipe! If there is one recipe of mine you make, be sure it’s this! Okay okay and a few others, but I must say this is a favorite.
Ingredients
pasta - try angel hair or fettuciniheavy whipping cream - substitute with milk or a vegan cream insteadbouillon powder or cubes - this ingredient is preferred over broth/stockgarlicfresh mushrooms - give cremini, bella, or white button mushrooms a tryparmesan cheese - for a topping and to add in the sauce for extra flavorbuttersalt - quantity depends on the type of bouillon cubes usedcooking oil - optionalextra virgin olive oil - as a topping
Instructions
Start by cooking the pasta per packaged directions or to your texture liking. While the pasta cooks, in a small saucepan heat some butter and cook the mushrooms and garlic until translucent. Add a dash of water if needed. Add the bouillon to the pan and mix it well. If using bouillon, you can break it up before adding or smash it after adding cream. Gently pour in the cream and simmer until it reaches a boil. Turn off the heat and add black pepper and shredded parmesan cheese. Mix the sauce until creamy and thick. Then, combine the pasta with the creamy mushroom sauce. Add extra parmesan cheese on top as well as red chili flakes and serve.
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Substitutions
Cream- Can substitute with milk or vegan cream, but try to let the sauce thicken for creamy pasta. Pasta - Try this recipe with al-dente zucchini or yellow squash noodles. Mushrooms - Substitute with your favorite vegetable or protein. Bouillon - Use a vegetable stock paste (better than bouillon), or use vegetable stock for a less potent taste.
How to make vegan mushroom pasta
Using the same mushroom pastarecipe, replace the cream with vegan cream of choice. Be sure to use ingredients that match your dietary restrictions.
Variations
Vegan - use a vegan cream of choice instead of cream or milk. Gluten-Free - mushroom pasta can be made gluten-free with zucchini noodles or squash noodles. My favorite substitute includes brown rice fettucini.
Top Tips
Make extra mushroom sauce! It’s perfect for dipping bread or just to have in the pastaSlice the mushrooms very thin.Add a pinch of thyme during the cooking process.Mix in chopped spinach for extra vegetablesBouillon cubes will give you a thicker sauce with condensed flavors versus broth.Pair this recipe with ribeye steak. It’s my family’s favorite combo!
Love Easy Pasta Recipes? Be sure to check out my simple macaroni and cheese recipe here.
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How this Creamy Mushroom Pasta recipe came about
My husband loves to eat steak. I would call him a steak connoisseur if I could. I, on the other hand, can not eat much steak. For that reason, I decided to make a pasta dish that would complement steak and be eaten on its own. That is when this creamy mushroom pasta recipe was born.
