Pasta is one of the most common dishes in the world. There are many variations of its preparation: with seafood, vegetables, meat or only with cheese. To cook pasta at home, you don’t need to be a great chef, just choose quality products and have a little inspiration.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Choose fresh mushrooms according to the main indicators:
- color - white in ordinary champignons or brown, if royal;
- without spots;
- on the leg the film connecting with the hat is intact;
- the structure of the fruit is elastic and with a pleasant mushroom aroma.
Did you know? In Italy, pasta is considered to be finished, slightly undercooked inside - "al dente", which means "on the tooth."
The preparation of mushrooms is simple, it is necessary to thoroughly rinse them under running water, cut off the weathered edge of the legs. Pasta should be chosen based on the composition: the fewer the ingredients, the better it is. Take from durum wheat. If you want colored pasta, then see that the dyes are natural, such as spinach, beets, carrots.
Cooking pasta with champignons and ham
The following are common pasta recipes with champignons and ham. Using them, you can easily cook a dish as tasty as that of a chef. It is worth choosing fresh and high-quality products, and you will get a delicious dish.
Pasta with champignons and ham in a creamy sauce
430 minutes
boiled mushrooms
200 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Finely chop the onion, add 2-3 tbsp to a preheated pan. l vegetable oil and sauté the onion until transparent.
Add boiled mushrooms to the onion, fresh champignons and spices can be. Simmer until all liquid has evaporated.
Strip the ham into strips and put to the mushrooms. Pour 150 ml of cream. Stew under the lid for 5 minutes.
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Pour 250 ml of cream into the saucepan, bring to a boil. Add cheese, salt and spices. Cook until thickened.
Cook the pasta, as indicated on the packaging, in salted water.
Combine the boiled pasta with mushrooms and ham, mix thoroughly and season with the sauce. Stir again. Serve hot pasta garnished with finely chopped greens and cherry tomatoes.
Finely chop the onion, add 2-3 tbsp to a preheated pan. l vegetable oil and sauté the onion until transparent.
Add boiled mushrooms to the onion, fresh champignons and spices can be. Simmer until all liquid has evaporated.
Strip the ham into strips and put to the mushrooms. Pour 150 ml of cream. Stew under the lid for 5 minutes.
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Pour 250 ml of cream into the saucepan, bring to a boil. Add cheese, salt and spices. Cook until thickened.
Cook the pasta, as indicated on the packaging, in salted water.
Combine the boiled pasta with mushrooms and ham, mix thoroughly and season with the sauce. Stir again. Serve hot pasta garnished with finely chopped greens and cherry tomatoes.Video recipe
Important! Durum wheat pasta contains unsaturated fat. It is easily split and beneficial for the skin, making it smooth and supple.
Ham and mushroom fettuccine
130 minutes
cream 30% fat
50 ml
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Add fettuccine to salted boiling water.
- Wash and dry the champignons, then cut into small slices. Send mushrooms to a heated skillet with olive oil.
- Cut ham into small cubes and add to mushrooms. Fry 3-5 minutes. before the appearance of juice from mushrooms.
- Cut leek into circles up to 0.5 cm thick and add to the prepared mushrooms and ham, it is better to divide the onion into separate rings. Fry all the ingredients in a pan for another 1-2 minutes.
- Pour cream into the stewpan and add 2 slices of butter, mix until the butter dissolves.
- To cream add small portions of grated Parmesan and mix thoroughly for 30–40 seconds. before thickening.
- In a pan with mushrooms and ham add boiled pasta, salt, pepper and mix. Introduce cream cheese sauce. Mix everything and bring to a boil.
- Serve hot, can be decorated with lettuce and herbs.
Video recipe
Did you know? Today in the world there are over 600 types of pasta of various shapes.
Spaghetti with ham and champignons
420 minutes
cream 20% fat
100 ml
vegetable oil
1 tbsp. l
Italian herbs, salt, pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Cut the washed and dried mushrooms into slices. Fry in a mixture of vegetable and butter. In 2-3 minutes pepper and salt. From the moment the mushrooms give the juice, fry another 5 minutes.
Cut the ham into thin slices. Send fried to mushrooms.
After 5 minutes add cream to mushrooms and ham, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Throw spaghetti into boiling salted water and boil for 4 minutes. from the moment of boiling. Drain the water from the spaghetti.
In a pan with ham and mushrooms, add mozzarella chopped into large pieces and stir for 2-3 minutes. until the cheese is completely dissolved.
Mix spaghetti with cheese and mushroom mixture and mix.
Serve the finished dish hot. Garnish with grated hard cheese and Italian herbs.
Cut the washed and dried mushrooms into slices. Fry in a mixture of vegetable and butter. In 2-3 minutes pepper and salt. From the moment the mushrooms give the juice, fry another 5 minutes.
Cut the ham into thin slices. Send fried to mushrooms.
After 5 minutes add cream to mushrooms and ham, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Throw spaghetti into boiling salted water and boil for 4 minutes. from the moment of boiling. Drain the water from the spaghetti.
In a pan with ham and mushrooms, add mozzarella chopped into large pieces and stir for 2-3 minutes. until the cheese is completely dissolved.
Mix spaghetti with cheese and mushroom mixture and mix.
Serve the finished dish hot. Garnish with grated hard cheese and Italian herbs.Video recipe
Important! When washing mushrooms, you can not soak them, they absorb water and lose their taste.
For pasta, you can use various pasta, for example, fettuccine, spaghetti or pasta. To please yourself and your loved ones with Italian cuisine, you need a little time and desire, because all recipes are very simple, and the ingredients for them can be found in any store. If you want to diversify your diet a little, then these recipes are perfect for you.
