Creamy Mushroom Pasta
Italian dish with uncooked pasta, unsalted butter, cloves.

- prep 6 min
- cook 14 min
- total 20 min
- serves 1
- advanced
- Italy
Ingredients
- 1 serving uncooked pasta
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves
- 8 oz white button mushroom, stems removed
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup low-sodium chicken bone broth
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- to taste black pepper
- to taste parsley
Steps
- In a large pot, cook the pasta in salted boiling water for 8–9 minutes or according to the package directions until al dente.
- Drain.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat.
- Stir in the minced garlic.
- Let it cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Place the mushrooms in the skillet, cup side up.
- Cook for 3–5 minutes or until the mushrooms start shrinking, moving the mushrooms around with a spatula occasionally.
- Add the white wine.
- Continue cooking to let the wine and mushroom juice evaporate (about 3 minutes).
- Pour the heavy cream and chicken bone broth into the skillet.
- Add a generous pinch of salt.
- Switch to medium heat.
- Cook until the cooking liquid is slightly thickened, flipping the mushrooms a couple times.
- Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese over the mushrooms.
- Gently stir until the cheese is melted.
- Taste.
- Add more salt if desired.
- Toss the cooked pasta into the skillet.
- Combine well with the mushroom mixture.
- Transfer to a serving plate.
- Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper.
- Garnish with chopped parsley.
- Add more grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
- Enjoy.
Adapted from “Creamy Mushroom Pasta”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.