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Creamy Garlic Mushroom Tagliatelle

Deeply browned mushrooms in a garlic cream sauce tossed through tagliatelle.

Total
25 min
Hands on
20 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Italian

Per serving · estimated

Energy
885 kcal
Protein
25 g
Fat
55 g
Carbs
72 g
Freshly cooked Creamy Garlic Mushroom Tagliatelle

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Bring a large pan of well-salted water to the boil.

    • Salt
    stockpot on hob
  2. Step 2 of 11

    Slice the mushrooms about 5 mm thick.

    • Chestnut mushrooms
    slice mushrooms
  3. Step 3 of 11

    Finely chop the shallot, then mince the garlic and strip the thyme leaves.

    • Shallot
    • Garlic
    • Fresh thyme sprigs
    chop shallot
  4. Step 4 of 11

    Heat the olive oil with half the butter in a wide frying pan over high heat.

    • Olive oil
    • Butter
    heat oil in pan
  5. Step 5 of 11

    Add the mushrooms in one layer and fry, stirring rarely, until deep brown and dry.

    • Chestnut mushrooms
    6 min
    mushrooms browned
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  6. Step 6 of 11

    Stir in the shallot, garlic and thyme and cook until fragrant.

    • Shallot
    • Garlic
    • Fresh thyme sprigs
    2 min
    garlic fragrant
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  7. Step 7 of 11

    Drop the tagliatelle into the boiling water and cook until al dente.

    • Tagliatelle
    8 min
    pasta into boiling water
  8. Step 8 of 11

    Pour the cream into the mushrooms and let it simmer gently.

    • Double cream
    2 min
    gentle simmer
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  9. Step 9 of 11

    Scoop out 100 ml of pasta water, then drain the pasta.

    • Tagliatelle
    reserve pasta water
  10. Step 10 of 11

    Toss the pasta into the sauce with the grated parmesan, remaining butter and a splash of pasta water until glossy.

    • Tagliatelle
    • Parmesan
    • Butter
    emulsion glossy
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  11. Step 11 of 11

    Finish with a squeeze of lemon, chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

    • Lemon
    • Flat-leaf parsley
    • Salt
    • Black pepper

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