This delicious creamy garlic mushroom pasta is one of the tastiest meals I know. Ready in 20 minutes, budget-friendly, vegetarian, easy to make, and you only need a few simple ingredients. A hint of garlic, the earthy taste of the mushrooms, and silky smooth pasta make this recipe the comfort food you love.
Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta
Because it's always busy in the house with a lot of appointments (I suspect that's part of a family of five), I like quick and easy dishes. And this vegetarian pasta is currently on my list of great weeknight recipes to fall back on. It is budget-friendly, simple, and quick to make.
The creamy, rich, velvety sauce is full of flavor. The spicy garlic mushrooms are irresistibly delicious. Served with pasta of your choice, a nice salad and possibly some bread, you don't need much more. Try it yourself!
What do you need for Creamy Mushroom Pasta?
To prepare this Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta, you need the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:
- Pasta - All types of pasta will go well with the mushroom cream sauce, but linguine, spaghetti, or tagliatelle is the best. Because the sauce then completely wraps around the strings of pasta.
- Mushroom mix - I had a delicious mushroom mix in the vegetable drawer. But you can use white or brown mushrooms for this recipe. The latter is a bit firmer and has a nutty taste.
- Butter - For a creamy taste.
- Shallot and garlic - The seasonings. They ensure that the mushrooms are lifted to a higher level.
- Cream - To give the sauce a creamy taste. You can also use sour cream.
- Stock - I opted for vegetable stock (it's a vegetarian recipe, after all). That you can make quickly, and it is the ideal way of processing leftovers. Here's a delicious recipe for homemade vegetable stock. If you don't have vegetable stock, you can also use beef or mushroom stock (the recipe is no longer vegetarian).
- Flour - To slightly thicken the sauce. Fry the flour for at least 2 minutes to get no flour taste.
- Parsley - For a fresh accent
- Cheese - Sprinkle this dish with delicious cheese. A Parmesan, Pecorino, or an Old-aged cheese is delicious.
How to prepare Easy creamy Garlic and Mushroom Pasta
You can find a printable recipe with a detailed description at the bottom of this blog.
- Boil the pasta and drain it. Meanwhile, melt your butter in the pan. Stir-fry the shallot for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the mushrooms and stir everything well. Then fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the flour, stir well, and fry for 2 minutes.
- Pour the cream and stock into the sauce, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add parsley and serve with the spaghetti.
You can serve it side by side or mix the sauce with the pasta. Sprinkle with freshly grated cheese.
Delicious with a green salad, garlic bread, or freshly baked focaccia.
Tips, Substitutions, and Variations
- Cooking Spaghetti - Add two teaspoons of salt to the water in which you will cook the pasta.
- Extra vegetables - Add 1 pound (400 grams) of spinach to the sauce and let it simmer until it has shrunk.
- Pasta water - Instead of stock, you can also use salted pasta water (leftover from draining the spaghetti).
- Mushrooms - super tasty, but still some tips:
- Don't stir too much, and make sure you don't put too many mushrooms in the pan at once. Then they become slimy in taste.
- How do you clean mushrooms? First, wipe them clean with a paper towel if they are dirty. Do not use water. The mushrooms absorb the water like a sponge, and you end up with watery mushrooms (and you don't want that).
- Do not slice the mushrooms too thin, as they will not hold their shape and will shrivel in the pan.
- Nice and fresh - Add a teaspoon of lemon zest to the cream sauce.
- Meat - You can add (leftover) meat to this pasta recipe. Think of chicken (cooked beforehand) or fried bacon.
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📖 Recipe
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RECIPE CARD
Equipment
- frying pan
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ pound mixed mushrooms, cleaned and cut into strips (see tips)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cream
- ½ cup vegetable stock
- salt and pepper, at taste
- 2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley, finely chopped
- 1 pound spaghetti, cooked in plenty of water with two teaspoons of salt added
Garnish
- grated cheese
All my recipes are written both in Metric (gram / ml) and US Customary (cups / pounds). Here you can select which type of amount you would like to see.
Instructions
- Melt the butter in the pan and add the shallot. Stir-fry for 3 minutes until the onion is translucent.1 tablespoon butter, 1 shallot
- Add the garlic and stir-fry for 30 seconds.2 cloves garlic
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and stir well. Then let it cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.½ pound mixed mushrooms
- Sprinkle the flour over the pan, stir well, and fry the flour for 2 minutes.2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Pour in the cream and stock and let it get hot. Then, lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.½ cup cream, ½ cup vegetable stock
- Taste and season with salt and pepper.salt and pepper
- Sprinkle the parsley with the sauce.2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley
- Serve with the spaghetti and sprinkle some grated cheese on top.1 pound spaghetti, grated cheese
Notes
- Don't stir too much, and make sure you don't put too many mushrooms in the pan at once. Then they become slimy in taste.
- How do you clean mushrooms? First, wipe them clean with a paper towel if they are dirty. Do not use water. The mushrooms absorb the water like a sponge, and you end up with watery mushrooms (and you don't want that).
- Do not slice the mushrooms too thin, as they will not hold their shape and will shrivel in the pan.
- Extra vegetables - Add 1 pound of spinach to the sauce and let it simmer until it has shrunk.
- Nice and fresh - Add a teaspoon of lemon zest to the cream sauce.
- Meat - You can add (leftover) meat to this pasta recipe. Think of chicken (cooked beforehand) or fried bacon.
- Fridge - 2 days covered in the refrigerator. Add two tablespoons of water and heat in the microwave.
- Freezer - my advice: don't, the cream sauce may curdle.
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