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Spaghetti with Mushroom and Walnut Ragù
Spaghetti tossed with a deeply browned mushroom, tomato and walnut sauce made in one pan.
- Total
- 30 min
- Hands on
- 20 min
- Serves
- 2
- Method
- hob
- Cuisine
- Italian
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 600 kcal
- Protein
- 19 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 75 g

Method
Step 1 of 14
Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
salt

Step 2 of 14
Slice the mushrooms.
chestnut mushrooms

Step 3 of 14
Dice the onion.
onion

Step 4 of 14
Chop the walnuts roughly and strip the thyme leaves.
walnuts
fresh thyme

Step 5 of 14
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat.
olive oil

Step 6 of 14
Fry the onion for 3 minutes until soft.
onion

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 7 of 14
Add the mushrooms and fry for 6 minutes until deep brown and dry.
chestnut mushrooms

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 8 of 14
Stir in the minced garlic and thyme for 1 minute.
garlic
fresh thyme

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 9 of 14
Add the tomato purée and walnuts and stir for 1 minute.
tomato purée
walnuts
Step 10 of 14
Pour in the chopped tomatoes and simmer for 8 minutes until thick.
chopped tomatoes

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 11 of 14
Lower the spaghetti into the boiling water and cook until al dente.
spaghetti

Step 12 of 14
Scoop out a mug of pasta water, then drain the spaghetti.
spaghetti

Step 13 of 14
Toss the spaghetti through the sauce with a splash of pasta water until glossy.
spaghetti

What ‘ready’ looks like Step 14 of 14
Season with salt and pepper and serve with nutritional yeast.
salt
black pepper
nutritional yeast
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Twenty minutes instead of forty. No oven. Four people, not two. No dairy, and the onion ran out. The app rewrites the recipe around what is actually true tonight, then merges the shopping into one list ordered the way you walk a supermarket.
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