If you’re looking for a delicious and comforting meal that’s ready in a flash, this 15 minute garlic mushroom pasta recipe is for you!
It’s ready in fifteen minutes (or less!) and uses only 5 ingredients (not including water). Perfect for those busy weeknights. You can find my other 15 minute pasta recipes here.
Garlic and mushrooms are a match made in heaven, of course. Pop them in a creamy sauce with some pasta and you get an absolutely divine little dish that you’ll make time and time again.
My trick is to use different types of mushrooms for variety. I like to use woodland mushrooms as well as some cheaper mushrooms (usually chestnut mushrooms) to make a really intense mushroomy sauce.
And of course, it’s creamy too! I use double cream for my recipe. It’s luxurious and tastes delicious, and that’s what makes it taste like it comes from your favourite Italian restaurant.
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Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta – The Ingredients
- Fresh pasta – fresh pasta is a winner for weeknights – it takes such a short amount of time to cook. You can use dried if you want to, but bear in mind that the cooking time will increase. You can use any shape of pasta. I used penne.
- Butter – listen, you can use olive oil if you want to, but if you want to make this meal properly delicious then you need to use butter! I used salted butter.
- Mushrooms – I used a selection of woodland mushrooms and chestnut mushrooms. You can use any mushrooms you like, but a mix is best so that you get a variety of textures and flavours.
- Garlic – it’s impossible to use too much garlic in this recipe. I used six large cloves, and it could easily take more if you want to up the flavour.
- Double cream – if you’ve ever wondered how restaurants make your food so delicious, the answer is double cream – and it’s so necessary in this recipe for that incredible creamy sauce! You can switch for single cream if you wish.
More creamy pasta and gnocchi recipes:
- Creamy Courgette Pasta
- Creamy Pesto Pasta Bake
- Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta
- Chicken Schnitzel With Mushroom Pasta
- Chorizo and Halloumi Pasta
- Creamy Pasta With Potato Sauce
- Creamy Chorizo Gnocchi
- Creamy Leek Gnocchi
- Creamy Sausage Gnocchi
Garlic Mushroom Pasta Top Tips
- Cooking the pasta This recipe is best when you cook the pasta so that it’s al dente. Then, when you mix the pasta and the sauce, leave them to sit for a minute or two. The pasta will soak up all of that delicious creamy sauce.
- Making the sauce The sauce is very easy to make, but it’s important not to let the garlic burn – that would make the dish bitter. Keep an eye on it.
- Make ahead You can make the creamy sauce beforehand. Store in the fridge for up to 24 hours, then heat thoroughly before mixing with cooked pasta.
15 Minute Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pasta
Ingredients
- 500 g fresh pasta
- 25 g butter
- 500 g mushrooms
- 6 large garlic cloves
- 300 ml double cream
Instructions
- Put a large pan of salted water on to boil. Cook the pasta according to packet instructions then drain.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop the mushrooms. Melt the butter over a medium heat in a wide bottomed saucepan then add the mushrooms. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Peel and dice the garlic. Add to the saucepan and cook for 2 more minutes until fragrant.
- Pour in the cream, stir, heat gently until it is simmering and season well with salt and pepper.
- Mix together the creamy mushroom sauce and the pasta. Enjoy!
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Easy, creamy comforting and delicious- this will become a weeknight saviour in your household!
A simple yet comforting dish. This looks so lovely and who doesn’t love a quick dinner recipe?!
My favourite type of pasta dish. I drool all the way down the page. Mmmm!
I was googling to make a list of 15 minute dinners and I found your recipe. The whole family loved it and it’s made my go-to list!
This recipe is a dream, it’s so easy and so flavorful! I’ll be making this for dinner on a regular basis! Thank you!
I love recipes like this – so quick, so tasty, and so easy – definitely remaking this one!