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Pasta with Cream Sauce

This Pasta with Mushroom Sauce is super easy, incredibly delicious, and wonderfully comforting.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword cream sauce, mushrooms, pasta
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 866kcal
Author lyuba

Ingredients

  • 1 lb fettuccine or your favorite pasta

Mushrooms Sauce:

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 shallots sliced thin
  • 4 garlic cloves smashed and minced
  • 1 lb various mushrooms like crimini, shiitake, oyster, porcini, etc. sliced
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup pasta cooking water
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp minced fresh sage packed
  • salt
  • black pepper
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Instructions

  • Start cooking pasta a few minutes before cooking the sauce so you will be able to get starchy pasta water.
  • Cook pasta in salted water according to the box instructions and make sure to set aside some cooking water before draining pasta. Drain pasta and set aside while finishing the sauce.
  • Preheat a large cooking pan over medium heat for a few minutes and add olive oil.
  • Add sliced shallots and sauté until soft and starts to brown. Add minced garlic and sauté just until fragrant.
  • Add mushrooms to the pan and sauté until all mushrooms are softened. Sauté a couple more minutes to let them get nicely golden brown. Make sure to stir from time to time to brown then evenly.
  • Make a little well in the center of the pan and pour in white wine. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes and add pasta cooking water. Stir everything together.
  • Pour in heavy whipping cream and add fresh grated Parmesan cheese, sage, salt, and pepper. Stir and lower the heat a little below medium so the sauce simmers but doesn't come to a boil.
  • Let the mushrooms sauce gently simmer for a few minutes and make sure to stir from time to time.
  • Add cooked pasta to the pan and gently mix it to coat it with the sauce completely. Let it cook just until pasta is reheated and serve right away.

Nutrition

Calories: 866kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 194mg | Sodium: 460mg | Potassium: 756mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1141IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 391mg | Iron: 3mg