Creamy Mushroom And Spinach Pasta With Caramelised Onions | Mushroom And Spinach Farfalle
Creamy mushroom spinach pasta is smothered in Parmesan sauce. This easy meatless dish tastes like the main course from an Italian restaurant.Caramelised onions add so much needed flavour to this meatless pasta. Pasta with mushrooms and spinach can be quite bland. not this one though! Why? First, caramelised onions add incredible flavour dimension. Second, you smother everything in cream sauce. This vegetarian mushroom and spinach farfalle is anything BUT bland. This Italian-inspired recipe features bow-tie shaped pasta smothered with easy cream sauce along with vegetables and mushrooms. You’ll love this simple comfort food on a plate.This mushroom spinach pasta is super versatile!
Ingredients
Caramelised onions:
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 yellow onions , large, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Creamy pasta sauce:
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 oz / 280g mushrooms , sliced (I used button mushrooms)
- 6 oz / 170g spinach
- 1 cup double cream/ half-and-half
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese , shredded
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Pasta
8 oz / 230g farfalle pasta
Instructions
How to caramelise onions:
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add sliced onions and cook on high heat for about 10 minutes, constantly stirring with the spatula.
The onions should start to brown, but without burning.
Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking onions for 10 more minutes, continuing to stir, as onions brown even more without burning. At this point add a pinch of salt over onions.
Continue cooking for 10 more minutes on medium or low heat, stirring occasionally to make sure onions don’t stick to the bottom of the pan or burn.
In total, you should have cooked onions for 30 minutes.
Remove the skillet from heat and sprinkle the onions with a small amount of balsamic vinegar to deglaze the pan.
Using a spatula, stir the onions, scraping the bottom of the pan and coating onions with a pinch of balsamic vinegar you just added. Remove caramelised onions to a plate.
How to cook mushrooms and spinach:
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
Cook mushrooms for about 5 minutes, occasionally stirring, until mushrooms are soft.
Add fresh spinach to the skillet and stir on low heat just until spinach starts to wilt.
How to make creamy pasta sauce:
Add half-and-half to the mushroom and spinach mixture and bring to a quick boil. Immediately reduce to simmer.
Add 2/3 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Keep stirring while the sauce simmers until the cheese melts.
Add caramelised onions back to the skillet with the pasta sauce.
Cook pasta:
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain.
Add cooked and drained farfalle pasta to the creamy sauce. Stir on low heat for a couple of minutes to reheat.
If the sauce is too thick, add a small amount of half-and-half to thin it out. If it is too thin, add a small amount of shredded Parmesan cheese, and stir it in, while the sauce simmers.
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Ingredients
Caramelised onions:
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 yellow onions , large, sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Creamy pasta sauce:
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 oz / 280g mushrooms , sliced (I used button mushrooms)
- 6 oz / 170g spinach
- 1 cup double cream/ half-and-half
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese , shredded
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Pasta
8 oz / 230g farfalle pasta
Instructions
How to caramelise onions:
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add sliced onions and cook on high heat for about 10 minutes, constantly stirring with the spatula.
The onions should start to brown, but without burning.
Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking onions for 10 more minutes, continuing to stir, as onions brown even more without burning. At this point add a pinch of salt over onions.
Continue cooking for 10 more minutes on medium or low heat, stirring occasionally to make sure onions don’t stick to the bottom of the pan or burn.
In total, you should have cooked onions for 30 minutes.
Remove the skillet from heat and sprinkle the onions with a small amount of balsamic vinegar to deglaze the pan.
Using a spatula, stir the onions, scraping the bottom of the pan and coating onions with a pinch of balsamic vinegar you just added. Remove caramelised onions to a plate.
How to cook mushrooms and spinach:
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt.
Cook mushrooms for about 5 minutes, occasionally stirring, until mushrooms are soft.
Add fresh spinach to the skillet and stir on low heat just until spinach starts to wilt.
How to make creamy pasta sauce:
Add half-and-half to the mushroom and spinach mixture and bring to a quick boil. Immediately reduce to simmer.
Add 2/3 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Keep stirring while the sauce simmers until the cheese melts.
Add caramelised onions back to the skillet with the pasta sauce.
Cook pasta:
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain.
Add cooked and drained farfalle pasta to the creamy sauce. Stir on low heat for a couple of minutes to reheat.
If the sauce is too thick, add a small amount of half-and-half to thin it out. If it is too thin, add a small amount of shredded Parmesan cheese, and stir it in, while the sauce simmers.
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