Mushroom Mint Pasta Salad

A delicious mushroom mint pasta salad to be enjoyed cold with BBQ or as a warm side dish for French or Italian mains. Top with cracked pepper and unused mint.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 487 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 4 onions, sliced
• 1 quart heavy cream
• 1 (16 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
• 2 (8 ounce) packages button mushrooms, sliced
• 10 sprigs fresh mint
• 1.5 teaspoons white sugar
• 0.25 cup olive oil, divided

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring lightly salted water to a boil in a large pot; add pasta and cook until al dente, for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and cool. Transfer to a large bowl, and toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil.

Step 2

Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add mushrooms and onions and cook, stirring until lightly brown. Pour in heavy cream gradually, stirring continuously; add mint sprigs and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.

Step 3

Mix sugar into the cream sauce and season with salt and pepper. Remove mint sprigs with a slotted spoon. Stir in cooked pasta and toss to coat.