Creamy Mushroom Pasta Sauce Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir white and shiitake mushrooms in the hot oil with a pinch of salt until until the juice from the mushrooms evaporates and the mushrooms are browned, about 10 minutes.
• Stir garlic into mushrooms and cook for 1 minute; pour in sherry and cook until wine is nearly evaporated. Mix chicken stock into mushroom mixture; season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce heat, and cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Pour cream into mushroom mixture, stir to combine, and simmer for 5 minutes. Mixture will foam and thicken slightly.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in the fettuccine, bring back to a boil, and cook pasta over medium heat until cooked through but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain but do not rinse pasta; transfer to a large serving bowl and keep warm.
• Stir thyme, chives, and tarragon into mushroom sauce and turn off heat; mix 1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into sauce until cheese has melted.
• Pour all the mushroom sauce and half the mushrooms over pasta, reserving about half the mushrooms in the skillet. Toss pasta in sauce until coated; top with remaining mushrooms and remaining 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese for garnish.

MUSHROOM PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine according to package directions. , In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until mushrooms are tender, 5-7 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Cook and stir until reduced by half. Stir in cream, stock, sherry, rosemary, basil, thyme, salt, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 15-20 minutes. Drain fettuccine. Serve sauce over pasta. Garnish with parsley.

PASTA WITH CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place a large pot of generously salted water onto boil. Cook pasta until al dente. Reserve ¼ cup pasta water. Drain pasta. Set aside.
• In a large skillet heat oil and butter over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and minced mushroom stems. Cook for approximately 5-6 until softened. Stir as necessary.
• Add mushroom caps, cream and season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking additional 4-5 minutes.
• Add cheese and drained pasta. Stir to combine. If sauce is too thick add some of the reserved pasta water.
• Garnish with additional cheese if desired.

CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a medium saucepan. Fry the onion over a low heat for 10 mins or until softened and translucent.
• Add the mushrooms and cook for 10 mins over a medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the wine and bring to a simmer, reduce the liquid by half.
• Add the double cream and bring to a simmer, then add the lemon zest and parmesan. Season with salt and plenty of black pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions. Reserve 100ml of the pasta water. Toss the pasta in the pan with the creamy sauce and enough of the reserved water to loosen. Stir through the parsley, divide into bowls and top with extra cheese, if you like.

QUICK & EASY MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Set water for cooking pasta on to boil. Cook pasta for time indicated on box, drain.
• While boiling water and cooking pasta, bring olive oil to heat over medium high in sauce pan.
• Add in onion, sautee for 5 minutes or until soft, add in garlic and continue to sautee for 2 more minutes.
• Stir in sour cream, can of soup, broth (or wine), worchestershire and pepper, stir until smooth. Reduce heat to medium and bring to simmer.
• When sauce is thickened to your liking, stir in parmesan cheese then combine with the cooked, drained pasta.

FROM THE PANTRY: CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta, and cook according to package directions. Strain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, bring the evaporated milk, chicken broth, oil, flour, mustard, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt, Worcestershire and paprika to a boil in a large skillet. Reduce the heat and simmer, whisking constantly, until the sauce is just thicker than heavy cream, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms, vinegar and several grinds of pepper, and simmer for 1 minute. Stir in the pasta. Divide among 4 shallow bowls, and sprinkle each with a little paprika, dill and pepper.

CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Place porcini mushrooms in a bowl and cover with hot water. Let soak until plumped up, about 30 minutes.
• Pour mushrooms and soaking liquid into a coffee filter or fine mesh sieve set over a bowl. Save soaking liquid for sauce. Rinse rehydrated mushrooms well to remove any grit, then coarsely chop.
• Add butter to a large, nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. When butter has melted, add parsley and garlic; stir to combine. Stir in chopped mushrooms. Moisten the mixture with a few tablespoons reserved soaking water. Cook, stirring a few times, until the moisture has largely evaporated, about 5 minutes.
• Add cream and wine and stir to combine. Cook at barely a simmer until liquid has reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

CREAMY PASTA WITH CRISPY MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in a large pot over medium-high. Cook half of mushrooms in a single layer, undisturbed, until edges are brown and starting to crisp, about 3 minutes. Give mushrooms a toss and continue to cook, tossing occasionally, until all sides are brown and crisp, about 5 minutes more. Using a slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to a plate; season with salt. Repeat with remaining 2 Tbsp. oil and mushrooms and more salt.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and return all of the mushrooms to the pot. Add shallots and cook, stirring often, until shallots are translucent and softened, about 2 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente, about 2 minutes less than package directions.
• Using tongs, transfer pasta to pot with mushrooms and add cream and 1 cup pasta cooking liquid. Increase heat to medium, bring to a simmer, and cook, tossing constantly, until pasta is al dente and liquid is slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.
• Remove pot from heat. Add lemon zest and juice, parsley, butter, 1/2 oz. Parmesan, and lots of pepper and toss to combine. Taste and season with more salt if needed.
• Divide pasta among bowls and top with more Parmesan.

PASTA WITH MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to pkg directions; drain.
• In skillet, heat butter over med-hi and saute mushrooms for 2 minutes.
• Add onions and garlic; cook for 1 minute.
• Add flour and cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Add milk, basil, salt and pepper.
• Cook and stir until sauce is thickened and smooth.
• Remove from heat; add Parmesan cheese.
• Toss with drained pasta.
• Sprinkle with parsley.