Recipe: quick and easy pasta in mushroom sauce

This recipe serves 4
It takes about twenty minutes to prepare
The cooking time is around 20 minutes

Ingredients for the Mushroom Sauce

• 300g of pasta - I used wholewheat fusilli

• 1 teaspoon of olive oil

• 1 teaspoon of vegan butter - I used this one

• 300g of mushrooms

• 1 cup of stock - I used this one

• ½ teaspoon of sea salt

• ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper

• 250g of vegan cream - I used this one

• 40g of grated vegan cheese (optional) - I use this one

• A handful of chopped parsley

How to make the Mushroom Sauce

1. Wash and slice the mushrooms, keeping 2 or 3 aside

2. Heat the oil and butter in a wide saucepan, and saute your mushrooms until they’re golden

3. Add the salt and pepper

4. Stir it on a low heat

5. After a minute or so, mix the stock with water and add it to the pan

6. After a couple of minutes, add the cream

7. Use a hand blender to blend the sauce until it’s smooth

8. Slice or chop the mushrooms that you kept aside, and add them to the pan

9. Whilst the sauce reduces, boil the water and cook the pasta

10. When the sauce is the right thickness for you, drain the pasta, add it to the sauce and give it a good stir

11. When you plate it up, add some parsley.

Variations

You can enjoy this in so many ways! Some examples are on toast, in a vol-au-vent or with a jacket potato.

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