Best Pasta With Baby Bella Mushrooms Recipes

MUSHROOM PASTA WITH PARMESAN

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Set the timer for a few minutes less than the package instructions and then taste: the pasta should be just done, still with some firmness. The pasta should also taste salty from the salted water. Drain the pasta and save out 1/2 cup pasta water (you'll likely only need a few tablespoons).
• Clean the mushrooms, then slice them. Thinly slice the onion. In a skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and sauté for 2 minutes. Then mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and cook another 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is cooked out and the mushrooms are tender (taste to assess doneness). Add 1 tablespoon butter and lemon juice and increase heat to high. Cook 2 minutes until the edges of mushrooms are golden brown. Taste and add a few more pinches of salt until the flavor pops. Stir in the Italian breadcrumbs or panko and remove the mushrooms to a bowl.
• Mince the garlic. In the same skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons butter over medium low heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant and garlic just starts to turn golden. Remove from the heat before garlic browns.
• To the skillet with the garlic butter sauce, add the mushrooms, cooked pasta, grated Parmesan cheese, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, and just enough pasta water until saucy (we used 2 to 3 tablespoons pasta water). Taste again and add a few more pinches of salt if desired. If using, stir in the soft crumbled goat cheese at the end until it makes a creamy sauce. Enjoy warm.

PASTA WITH BABY BELLA MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Dissolve bouillon cube in hot water and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• While pasta is cooking, add olive oil to a medium skillet and adjust heat to medium. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add mushrooms and kosher salt. Cook for 3 minutes. Add wine, increase heat to medium-high, and reduce for 1 to 2 minutes. Add chicken stock, white pepper, and crushed red pepper. Continue to cook until liquid is reduced by about 1/2, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Toss mushroom mixture with cooked pasta. Top with Asiago cheese and serve.

PASTA WITH BABY BELLA MUSHROOMS AND HERBS

Steps:

• Slice mushrooms, chop up parsley, sage, and garlic. If using thyme, remove leaves from the stalk.
• Cook pasta according to package directions. When pasta is done, reserve 1 cup of water, then drain the pasta. Set the pasta and water aside.
• Warm up a large skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and the Baby Bella mushrooms. Stir and cook for a few minutes until the mushrooms start to soften.
• Next, add the garlic, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir for another minute or two.
• Add the fresh sage (or thyme) and stir.
• Add the pasta and some of the reserved pasta water if needed. Mix well.
• Serve topped with freshly grated Parmesan Cheese and fresh parsley.

BOURBON AND BABY BELLA MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine bourbon, soy sauce, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, basil, rosemary, and pepper in a small bowl; whisk until blended and sugar is dissolved.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon clarified butter and 1/3 of the mushrooms; saute until nicely browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove mushrooms to a plate and repeat with remaining batches, adding more butter as needed.
• Add shallots to the skillet and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Return browned mushrooms to the skillet and pour in bourbon mixture. Cook over medium heat until slightly reduced, scraping the bottom as you cook, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat and stir in heavy cream. Simmer until blended and thickened to desired consistency, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt.

PASTA WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Trim hard parts from mushrooms and discard. Rinse mushrooms quickly to remove grit; cut caps into slices and stems into small chunks. Combine in a medium skillet with 1 clove garlic (crushed and peeled), thyme, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Cook over sufficiently low heat so that mixture bubbles but mushrooms do not brown. Continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until they are quite shrunken in size and appear firm, 30 to 45 minutes. (At this point, you can pause for several hours before resuming cooking.) If you are using porcinis, soak them in hot water to cover for a few minutes so that they soften.
• Set a large pot of water to boil for pasta and salt it. Mince remaining garlic. Turn heat under oil to medium, and add garlic to the portobellos along with the drained porcinis. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic begins to color. Add tomatoes and raise heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they break up and become saucy, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Taste sauce and adjust its seasoning. When pasta is done, drain it, toss with sauce, top with Parmesan, and serve.

PASTA WITH BABY BELLA MUSHROOMS & SPINACH IN A TOMATO CREAM

Steps:

• Cook pasta to taste.
• Melt butter and oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and saute until translucent. Add rosemary and saute for 1 minute more. Add mushrooms and saute for five minutes more.
• Add Marsala wine, tomato paste and heat through until simmering. Remove from heat and stir in prepared onion dip. Add spinach stir until wilted. If the sauce is too thick, add water to dilute.
• Drain pasta and combine with sauce and grated parmesan cheese, making sure to coat evenly.
• Top with parsley and serve.