Name: Creamy mushroom pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 small brown onion, finely chopped; 150g small button mushrooms, halved or thickly sliced; 150g fresh fettucine or gluten-free pasta; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 150g Philadelphia Light Cream for Cooking; 2 tbsp grated parmesan; 120g baby spinach leaves; Freshly ground black pepper; ½ tsp chilli flakes (optional)

Creamy mushroom pasta

Herby, spicy, garlicky, and done in half an hour.

A bowl of creamy mushroom and spinach pasta topped with chilli flakes.

Serves 2

Prep

Cook

20M

Total

25M

This creamy mushroom pasta recipe is tossed through light cooking cream and topped with button mushrooms and a generous hand of parmesan. Perfect as a quick midweek dinner, this recipe also packs down well for a tasty office lunch. Looking for more pasta recipes?

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 small brown onion, finely chopped

150g small button mushrooms, halved or thickly sliced

150g fresh fettucine or gluten-free pasta

2 cloves garlic, crushed

150g Philadelphia Light Cream for Cooking

2 tbsp grated parmesan

120g baby spinach leaves

Freshly ground black pepper

½ tsp chilli flakes (optional)

Method

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until the mushrooms soften and brown slightly.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a medium saucepan of boiling water, following packet directions or until al dente.

Add the garlic to the pan with the mushrooms and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the light cream for cooking and parmesan. Stir to combine. Toss in the baby spinach and set aside.

Remove the pasta from the heat and drain, reserving 1 tbsp of the cooking water. Toss the pasta in the creamy mushroom sauce, return to low heat and cook, tossing, for 5 minutes or until the spinach wilts. Pour in enough of the reserved water to loosen slightly. Season with black pepper and finish with a sprinkle of chilli flakes, if you like.

PER SERVE 2120kJ (507Cal), protein 18g, total fat 24g (sat. fat 10g), carbs 49g, fibre 7g, sodium 422mg

Carb exchanges 3½ • GI estimate low • Gluten-free option
Nutritional information