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Creamy vegan mushroom pasta

Name: Creamy vegan mushroom pasta
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200 g penne or fusilli; 250 g button or cremini mushrooms, sliced; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1/2 cup cashew cream (see recipe); 1 tbsp nutritional yeast; 1 tsp Italian herbs, chilli flakes; 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, fresh parsley

Silky garlic-mushroom sauce over penne - all the creaminess of a cream sauce, none of the dairy.

25 min Serves 2Contains: nuts, gluten

Method

1
Boil pasta in well-salted water till al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup water. Drain.
2
Heat olive oil. Fry onion till soft, add garlic 30 sec.
3
Add mushrooms in a single layer. Don't stir for 3 minutes - let them brown. Then toss and cook 3 more minutes.
4
Stir in herbs, salt, pepper. Add cashew cream, nutritional yeast and a splash of pasta water. Simmer 2 minutes.
5
Toss in the pasta. Loosen with more pasta water if needed. Finish with parsley and chilli flakes.

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