Creamy mushroom pasta with pesto

Total: 25 min. | Active: 25 min.
vegetarian

If you fancy something comforting, this delicious mushroom pasta is just the ticket. It will warm your stomach and your heart, and tastes delicious to boot.

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Ingredients

for 4 person

To cook the pasta
350 g pasta (e.g. farfalle)
  salted water, boiling
Pesto
1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
1 tin chickpeas (approx. 215 g), drained, rinsed
green chilli pepper, deseeded, cut into rings
50 g walnut kernels, coarsely chopped, roasted
½ tsp sea salt
1 dl olive oil
1 bunch chives, finely chopped
Mushroom sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
250 g mushrooms, quartered
250 g chanterelles, halved if necessary
onion, finely chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 dl single cream for sauces
1 tsp sea salt

How it's done

To cook the pasta

Cook the pasta in salted water until just al dente. Set aside approx. 100 ml of the cooking water. Drain the pasta.

Pesto

Puree the parsley with the reserved cooking water and all the other ingredients up to and including the oil. Mix in the chives.

Mushroom sauce

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Stir fry the mushrooms for approx. 4 mins., add the onion, cook for approx. 1 min., add the lemon juice. Pour in the cream, simmer for approx. 4 mins., season with salt. Add the pasta, gently heat through and serve with the pesto.

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