MUSHROOM MINT PASTA SALAD

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Delicious mushroom pasta with its flavour delicately enhanced and lightened with mint. Eaten as a cold salad with BBQ or as a warm side dish for French or Italian mains. Crack some pepper on top and decorate with unused mint leaves before serving warm.

Provided by ASKA17

Categories Salad Pasta Salad Vegetarian Pasta Salad Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
¼ cup olive oil, divided
2 (8 ounce) packages button mushrooms, sliced
4 onions, sliced
1 quart heavy cream
10 sprigs fresh mint
1 ½ teaspoons white sugar
1 pinch salt
1 pinch ground black pepper

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain. Cool, transfer to a large bowl, and toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil.
Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place mushrooms and onions in the skillet. Cook and stir until lightly brown. Gradually pour in the heavy cream, stirring continuously. Place the mint sprigs in the skillet. Cook and stir 5 minutes.
Mix sugar into the cream sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Remove the mint sprigs with a slotted spoon. Stir in the cooked pasta until well coated.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 486.9 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Cholesterol 108.7 mg, Fat 34.9 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 8.7 g, SaturatedFat 19.1 g, Sodium 34.6 mg, Sugar 3.3 g