Best 6 Easy Cremini Mushroom Pasta Recipes

SAUTEED CRIMINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil and butter. Add mushrooms and season with salt, pepper and thyme then cook 15 minutes until evenly browned and tender. Add wine and deglaze the pan. Add parsley and transfer mushrooms to a serving dish.

EASY CREMINI MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain, reserving about 1 cup pasta water to thin out sauce later if necessary.
• Meanwhile, heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Saute mushrooms, onion, and garlic in the hot butter until soft, about 5 minutes. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat while stirring. Add flour, stirring constantly, to smooth out any lumps. Season with salt and pepper and continue to stir. Stir in cream; add cheese and nutmeg. Keep stirring; turn heat down to medium-low. Let simmer until thickened, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent lumps and sticking; you may need to turn heat down to low and add more butter.
• Mix in the cooked pasta and add splashes of reserved pasta water as needed to reach desired sauce consistency.

CREMINI MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet over medium heat, disperse olive oil. Add garlic, shallots, mushrooms and a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir occasionally until mushrooms are tender, then reduce heat to low. Add flour over the mushrooms and stir for one minute allowing them to coat. Bring heat up to medium-high. Add Silk and stir occasionally until the sauce thickens. Remove skillet from heat and stir in nutritional yeast and peas. Wait until peas are heated to serve. Add the pasta to the mushroom sauce and toss to coat and serve. Garnish with parsley if desired.

EASY SPAGHETTI WITH CREMINI MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, heat dressing in large skillet on medium heat. Add mushrooms, shallots and garlic; cook 4 to 5 min. or until mushrooms and shallots are tender, stirring frequently.
• Drain spaghetti, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water. Stir reserved cooking water into mushroom mixture.
• Serve spaghetti topped with mushroom mixture and cheese.

CREMINI MUSHROOM PASTA WITH WILTED ARUGULA AND GOAT CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, but before draining, reserve 1/2 cup cooking water. While the pasta is cooking, heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and salt and cook, stirring frequently, 2 or 3 minutes or until mushrooms are soft. Add garlic and cook another 2 or 3 minutes until garlic is soft and most of the liquid has evaporated. Toss pasta with mushrooms, arugula, and goat cheese. Stir in reserved cooking liquid until cheese becomes creamy. Toss in parsley and season to taste with salt and pepper.

SPAGHETTI WITH CREMINI MUSHROOMS, LEMON, AND THYME

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot ofboiling salted water until barely al dente.
• While pasta is cooking, stir together bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl until combined well. Transfer to a 12-inch heavy skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, 3 to 5 minutes, then return to bowl.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter and remaining 2 tablespoons oil in skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté mushrooms, stirring, until golden, about 4 minutes. Add zest and garlic and sauté, stirring, until mushrooms exude liquid, about 3 minutes. Add Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice and cook until most of liquid is evaporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in thyme, pepper, and remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt.
• Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander.
• Transfer mushrooms to pasta pot, then add 1/2 cup reserved cooking water and bring to a boil. Stir in parsley and remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Return pasta to pot and add cheese, tossing to combine. If pasta seems dry, moisten with more cooking water.
• Serve pasta sprinkled with bread crumbs and additional cheese.