Mushroom Pasta Sauce

Lalaloula's Note:

This comes from an original Italian cookbook. It is very creamy and full of flavour. Great served with homemade pasta.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 onion
• 400 g mixed mushrooms
• 100 ml white wine
• 4 -5 tablespoons cream (light is fine, too)
• salt and pepper
• herbs , to taste
• 50 g parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions:

1. Clean the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices. Chop onion and garlic.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Saute the onion and the garlic for 1-2 minutes and then add the mushrooms. On fairly high heat saute them until nearly all of their liquid has evaporated. Add the white wine and continue cooking on high heat for some minutes.
3. Reduce the heat and simmer gently until sauce has thickened. Now add the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste (you might also like to add some Italian herbs).
4. If you like add the parmesan cheese to get an even creamier sauce.
5. Serve with pasta and enjoy! :).

Reviews

[Starrynews]

Wonderful sauce! We really enjoyed it. I used a combo of white and portabella mushrooms, basil, oregano, and parsley for the herbs, light cream, and used the optional Parmesan. I omitted the salt since I was using the cheese. I am excited to try out additional mushrooms next time. Thanks for sharing! Veg*n Swap 30

[Annacia]

I just loved the sound of this and had to try it but I also needed to make it lighter in the fat department. I used 3 Tbsp of olive oil, 2 very large green onions, fat free evap milk for the cream and skipped the cheese. It was great with spinach fettuccine. It all took about 20 mins start to finish. :D

[katew]

Marvellous sauce - served with couscous. I added a handful of mixed herbs straight from the garden. I used a couple of spring onions instead of a plain one, so easy to do as well. Made foe Everyday is a Holiday tag.