Creamy Mushroom and Pesto Pasta - Real Recipes from Mums

This sauce came about last night when I found myself in a experimental mood. It was rich and creamy as most mushroom sauces are but with the freshness of basil that gave the dish a lift.

Ingredients (serves 4)

Packet Pasta - I used Potato Gnocchi
4 cups Fresh field mushrooms - most Flat or button mushrooms could be used
1 1/2 cups Full cream - this could be substituted for a skim version
50 grams Butter
4 Tablespoons Pesto - (store bought or home made)
A pinch Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

Slice mushrooms. Put pasta on to cook. In a pan sauté the mushrooms with the butter. Add salt and pepper at this stage if you are using them.
Once mushrooms have changed colour add pesto and cook until thoroughly mixed through.
Add cream and reduce until you have a sauce of your preferred consistency.
Add to the pasta you have chosen to cook and enjoy.

Notes

I would recommend if serving to guests to not mix the sauce through the pasta as colour wise it doesn't hold much plate appeal. So serve in a small mound on-top of the pasta so that there is a contrast and not just a brown coloured sauce mixed throughout the dish.

56 Comments

- - happymum2018 said
  - 14 Mar 2019
    7:29 pm
Really love mushrooms and this creamy mushroom pesto pasta looks creamy delishiousness

- - happymum2018 said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    11:11 pm
I like the sound of this whole dish would be delicious!!

- - mom112023 said
  - 16 Dec 2017
    7:54 am
Colour appeal aside, I think this will taste awesome. Thanks for the recipe.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    3:07 pm
Delicious!

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 May 2016
    7:13 pm
Love a creamy pasta and pesto and mushrooms together sound interesting,gotta give it a go! Thanks.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    8:29 am
my two fave ingredients together! Wow sounds really tasty!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 20 May 2016
    10:09 pm
Thank you for the notes they will be handy. A different type meal to what we eat and well worth looking into it and seeing what pasta I would like with it.

- - mom113991 said
  - 06 May 2016
    8:40 pm
sounds different but so damn yummy

- - serotonin said
  - 26 Feb 2016
    5:44 pm
Great meat-free pasta! Yum! Will have to try this. Thanks for sharing!

- - Nas01 said
  - 15 Jan 2016
    10:50 am
I love all these ingredients. Thanks for sharing. Quick and easy dinner idea.

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 22 Oct 2015
    8:10 pm
Mushroom and pesto together – yum

- - mom81879 said
  - 24 Sep 2015
    8:32 pm
I was hoping that was gnocchi in the picture, and it is. I love gnocchi but don’t have a lot of sauces to go with them

- - mom113055 said
  - 20 Sep 2015
    2:46 pm
mushroom ceamy and yummy i want to eat it

- - bubble6369 said
  - 01 Sep 2015
    11:02 pm
this is my kind of meal love it and the more mushies the better!

- - mom94378 said
  - 03 Aug 2015
    9:46 pm
I love pasta, i love pesto and i love mushrooms. Awesome when they are all together like this.

- - BellaB said
  - 31 Jul 2015
    8:19 pm
That was a good note, thank you.

- - rebekah.bone said
  - 01 Jul 2015
    1:30 pm
This looks too good! Yummo.

- - mle00 said
  - 26 May 2015
    9:46 pm
Simple, wholesome, nutritious and i going the hedge a guess at delicious! never underestimate the role of fresh tasty ingredients

- - mom113055 said
  - 24 May 2015
    4:03 pm
it s great to read these things

- - mom113055 said
  - 10 Apr 2015
    3:48 pm
really looking great