Sometimes you just NEED a plate full of cheesy pasta! And my favorite way to prepare pasta is with mushrooms and a cheesy sauce. This Mushroom Ricotta Pasta Recipe is perfect for those carb-craving days!
When I prepare a pasta dish I prefer simplicity. I usually use only a few ingredients because it’s really about getting that pasta into my belly!
This Mushroom Ricotta Pasta Recipe is a combination of mushrooms, ricotta, garlic, parmesan and thyme. A few of my favorite things.
Why can’t pasta and cheese sauce be a health food!?!
This works great as a side dish or a family meal. Make it for your sweetheart and have a romantic dinner for two. Or, make it for yourself and eat it all. No judgement here!
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Mushroom Ricotta Pasta
Yield:
4
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Crimini Mushrooms - sliced
- 4 Garlic Cloves - chopped
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
- 1 Cup Whole Milk Ricotta
- 1/2 Cup Whole Milk
- 8 ounce Pasta - cooked according to package directions*
- Salt/Pepper - to taste
- 1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Saute mushrooms and garlic in olive oil over medium heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Add thyme, ricotta and milk.
- Stir and heat until thickened and bubbly (5-6 minutes).
- Toss cooked pasta with sauce.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Top with parmesan and serve.
Notes
*I use Pappardelle Pasta.
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This one would be ALL for me! I adore mushrooms in pasta—and with a to.die.for cheesy sauce? I’m all over this!
Yeah, I don’t need o share, I would eat this ALL! I love simple sauce on my pasta, this is totally the way to go!
Tastes great! I couldn’t find whole milk ricotta at my grocery store (just part skim) so that’s why I think my sauce didn’t melt and blend properly. Maybe next time will add a bit more whole milk to help it along.
Glad you liked it 🙂
Made this tonite. It has everything I was craving! I learned a tip from dom deluise years ago, after draining my macaroni, stir in a whisked egg. The hot pasta cooks the egg and that does something awesome to the way sauces stick to it….
Awesome tip! Thank you 🙂