Creamy Mushroom Pasta / Pasta Bake
I love mushrooms, and pair it with pasta and happiness ensues.
This recipe can be used just as a pasta, and it's even better as a base for a pasta bake. If it's a pasta bake, use a shorter pasta such as fusili/pasta spirals, and cover it with some panko breadcrumbs before baking.
Ingredients
300 grams Silken tofu (Or any soft tofu)
1 can cannellini beans (Or any white bean)
1 Leek (Finely sliced)
400 grams Mushrooms (Sliced. Button, chestnut, even portobello at a punch)
1 bunch Asparagus (Optional - 3 or 4 centimetre pieces. Could swap for peas or broad beans)
1 Brown onion (Large. Finely sliced)
4 cloves Garlic (Diced reasonably fine)
500 grams spaghetti (Or any long pasta such as fettucine. I use wholemeal.)
4 tablespoons Nutritional yeast, or grated soy cheese (Also called nooch :))
2 tablespoons italian herbs (Lots of Thyme, and a bit of Basil, Oregano, Parsley, Dill etc.)
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Vegetable stock (Or 2 to up the flavour/saltiness)
1 teaspoon Black Pepper (I probably put more than this in though.)
1 package alt protein (Optional - Pre cooked deli style slices, chicken style strips etc)
Info
Yield
8 Servings
Preparation time
10 minutes
Cooking time
15 minutes
Total time
25 minutes
Instructions
- Put poorly drained cannellini beans, stock, silken tofu, nutritional yeast, herbs, lemon juice, pepper and 100 ml of water in the blender, but don't blend yet
- Add boiling water to pasta and start cooking
- Add finely minced onion and garlic to pan and dry fry for a minute or two
- When they start to brown a touch, add to the blender and blend until it begs for mercy
- Taste blended mixture and season if necessary, or more nooch etc
- In the pan add finely sliced leek and fry for 2 minutes
- Add asparagus and mock meat if using a thicker style that needs some cooking
- Add sliced mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are properly cooked through...all of them
- Stir through blended mixture
- Keep on low heat until pasta is cooked.
- Poorly drain pasta (leave a little bit of the water)
- Combine spaghetti, sauce and asparagus, along with alt-protein if using a thinner style.
- Taste and season
