Spaghetti with porcini mushroom cream sauce. A great dinner recipe that takes only 15 minutes to prepare.
I’m sharing an easy and quick recipe that would be brilliant for dinner any night of the week. This creamy porcini mushroom pasta is one of my family’s favourite savoury recipes. I love using porcini mushrooms because they have a unique earthy and slightly nutty flavour. A small amount of porcini goes a very long way and just a couple of small handfuls transform this simple cream sauce into something extra special! Porcini are delicious in all kinds of Italian recipes, such as risotto, broths and soups and sauces.
I love making this dish on busy weeknights when I don’t have the energy or time to cook something extravagant for dinner because it takes hardly any time at all to prepare.
The recipe serves 4 very hungry people or 6 for a lighter meal or starter portion. It’s rich, comforting and perfect meal for all seasons! Just make sure you cook your pasta until it’s al dente (it should have bite and be slightly firm) and don’t forget to serve the dish with lots of freshly grated Parmesan and chopped parsley.
(Serves 4-6)
Ingredients:
400-500g dried spaghetti or any other pasta shape
Knob of butter
Good drizzle of olive oil
1 small shallot or onion, finely diced
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
25g dried porcini mushrooms
300ml double cream
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Method:
- Place the dried porcini in a small bowl and pour over 200ml of boiling water. Allow them to rehydrate for 5 minutes.
- Cook your pasta according to the packet instructions.
- Heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan or saucepan. Sauté the diced shallot/onion and garlic until it’s soft and has become transparent.
- Drain the porcini from the mushroom stock and set the liquid aside. Finely chop the drained porcini and add to the pan. Add the mushroom stock and simmer for 1-2 minutes until the stock has slightly reduced.
- Turn the heat down to low and add the cream. Allow the cream to simmer for a few minutes until it has thickened. Finally, add the drained pasta to sauce and toss to coat. At this point I like to toss through a nice handful of grated Parmesan. It adds gorgeous salty flavour! Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes:
- For my original recipe posted in March 2014 I used homemade pasta, however dried or fresh pasta can be used.
- I recommend cooking the pasta until it’s al dente, so a few minutes less than the packet instructions advise.
Enjoy!
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This is absolutely wonderful, Jessica! I’m always so impressed by people who make their own pasta. I’ve had a pasta machine stuck in my cupboard for literally years and have yet to try it out. It sort of scares me! What a wimp; I’ll have to change that! As for pappardelle, did you know that it comes from the verb ‘to gobble up’ in Italian? This pasta is one of my favourites too and a creamy mushroom sauce is possibly my all-time favourite!
Yum! This looks so rich and delicious! :3
LOVE homemade pasta, yours looks perfect and that creamy mushroom sauce is wonderful. I am going to give your recipe a try, I love making pasta.
I love making my own homemade pasta, too, and yours looks SO wonderful, especially with those wonderful mushrooms. YUM!!!!
I do love the way you cooked Pasta coi funghi!
Jess, this looks so delicious. I really must make my own pasta too. Great recipe by the the way. 😊
Jess, this looks so delicious! I have never made my own pasta, I need to try this soon! Pinned 🙂
How fantastic! You make pasta sound so easy 🙂 I’ve always thought about making it, too. Love the porcini sauce here, too! Beautiful.
I love the idea of making your own pasta. I have never attempted to make it myself. I am loving this combination of the pasta with mushrooms. Sounds absolutely delicious Jessica!
Can I come over for dinner? 🙂
Your homemade pasta looks fantastic!
You’re so good at making fresh pasta! I’m Italian… I can see this dish is 100% Italian. It looks better than the last Pappardelle I had in a trattoria in Italy. I like that your made the pasta sheet so thin because it always becomes thicker when cooked. Excellent recipe!
Can you believe I’ve never had homemade pasta?! I really really wish I had a pasta machine. It looks so delicious!
Your pasta looks amazing and just perfect. Porcini sauce is such a lovely treat.
Beautiful pasta and great little porcini sauce too. 2 years ago I took a cooking class that ended up being a private lesson with just myself and learned how to make pasta hand rolled by a sweet little grandma in Florence. She only spoke Italian but when it comes to food not a lot of words are needed. One of the best experiences ever. The eggs in Italy are huge so when I came back to HK I needed to adjust my recipe for US XL size eggs.
Hi Bam, thanks for stopping by! Your story is so sweet, I wish I could be taught some Italian food lessons by an Italian! The produce is amazing in Italy, really looking forward to my visit to Tuscany this summer! 🙂
Good for you. I can’t wait to hear about your trip. Tuscany is just gorgeous and the food is amazing and of course the wines and the olive oil…Where are you staying in Tuscany? Take Care, BAM
We’re staying in a small town called San Gimignano. Also, glad you’re looking forward to reading about my trip – will definitely write an article for the blog. 🙂
San Gimignano is beautiful small town with a great look out at the top and best know for their white wines. One of the restaurants we really enjoyed was LaMangiatoia. Have a wonderful time. Take care, BAM
Thanks for the restaurant recommendation, will definitely look into it!
This is awesome, Jess!! I absolutely love making my own homemade pasta, and your post reminds me that I should make some again soon. It’s been too long! I’ve never made homemade pappardelle, though. This looks delicious!
Thanks Patty! It was really delicious 🙂
Pappardelle is my favorite noodle, hands down! I’m so impressed that you make your own. Beautiful!
Goodness! Homemade pasta – I am super impressed Jess! This dish looks wonderful, especially with my favourite – mushrooms 🙂
Definitely porcini sauce, together with carbonara, is one of those things I always crave for when pasta is mentioned. Your fresh homemade pappardelle looks simply irresistible. After reading your post I’m ready to have my second dinner today 😉
Have a lovely week, Jess!
PS I like my pasta with tons of parmesan cheese on top of it as well 😉
This looks divine! I keep thinking about making fresh pasta, but have not got round to it yet… Pinning again! x Mel
I have been wanting to make my own pasta since forever, but have been too intimidated. You make it looks so easy!! Will definitely have to give it a go soon. Love this!
this is my kind of recipe, home made pasta which is my favourite with mushrooms! Cannot get better than that 🙂
Mmm, looks so delicious and creamy… You can’t beat fresh pasta dough 🙂
That is so great you made your own pasta! Fresh pasta somehow tastes infinitely better than dried pasta. Yum!
WOW, this dish looks out of this world delicious! I had something similar at a restaurant recently and I’m still dreaming about it. And there’s just no substitute for fresh pasta!
Homemade pasta is seriously the BEST! I love how creamy and amazing this looks! Love it!
Looks beautiful and absolutely delicious! Love the generous sprinkling of parm on top, too.
Homemade pasta has been on my list to try forever … I just never seem to go for it! This looks absolutely wonderful – and with all those mushrooms, so perfect!
I love making homemade pasta!! My husband’s Italian grandma gave us her pasta machine…love it. This needs to be my dinner tonight!!
This is 100% my type of creamy meal, looks amazing!
Always impressed with pasta from scratch 😉
Wow this looks amazing! I’m a pasta freak!
I can never pass up this dish at Italian restaurants. Even though I usually feel sick afterwards from the cream. It’s such a rich and delicious pasta dish. I haven’t made my own pasta in ages.- slacker!
I am so impressed that you make your own pasta Jess- pappardelle is one of my favorite noodles. Looks incredibly beautiful!
Just gorgeous! I adore homemade pasta, but I honestly don’t think I’ve made it since cooking school … sad, huh?!?! This looks absolutely amazing – I totally wish I had a big bowl full right now (for breakfast … no kidding! :D)! Love the beautiful ingredient photos!
I really need to make homemade pasta more often! Thanks for the inspiration – this is a fabulous dish!!
It’s really a shame I don’t make homemade pasta more often. It really only takes a little extra effort and the reward is so worth it! That creamy porcini sauce is amazing!
Jessica! This looks amazing. I have made ravioli before, but I have yet to make pappardelle. I love the process, especially if I have a little wine to sip on 😉 Again, great pictures!!
I’ve always wanted to make homemade pasta! This looks so good that I’d seriously eat it for breakfast right now. Is that weird? 😉
This pasta has me hungry! I love porcini mushrooms and fresh pasta is the best, so there is no way I’d be sharing a bowl of this!
I LOVE this dish– I am making it ASAP!! Your pasta is gorgeous!! I have a fettuccine cutting attachment for my pasta machine, and usually make that. You have me wondering why I haven’t made pappardelle when we love it so much! Beautiful!
I just made an adaptation of your delicious sauce and served it over dried pasta. I just posted it – and a link to your post- if you want to check it out! 🙂
http://thebrookcook.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/creamy-mushroom-pappardelle/
Next time I HAVE to make FRESH PASTA!! Thanks for the inspiration!! It was delicious!
It looks absolutely fabulous! Definitely craving the recipe again! 🙂
me too!! 🙂