This recipe for Creamy Mushroom Spaghetti is perfect for warm days when you don’t want to take a lot of time to cook & heat up the kitchen.
To me there are very few things better than a big bowl of pasta, and this creamy, comforting spaghetti dish is no exception.
This dish uses simple ingredients – mushrooms, garlic, shallots, cream, parsley, grated cheese and a bit of salt & pepper.  It takes  no time at all to throw together and goes from stove to plate in only twenty minutes.
I you want an even deeper mushroom flavor, you can add some dried porcini mushrooms (that have been soaked of course) and adding a bit of the liquid you use for soaking them, but since I wanted a quick and simple dish, I went for using only fresh mushrooms.
Want more Mushrooms? Try my Easy Bacon & Mushroom Risotto!
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- 1 lb Spaghetti
- 1/8 cup butter
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 3 shallots chopped
- 8 oz cremini/chestnut mushrooms sliced
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- Freshly grated pecorino romano or parmesan or cheese for serving
- A good handful of fresh parsley chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to the package instructions.
- While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a large frying pan on medium heat.
- Add the mushrooms & shallots and cook until transparent (about 3-4 minutes).
- Add the garlic and cook another minute.Stir in the cream and parsley, lower the heat and simmer gently until thickened (1-2 minutes).
- Drain the pasta and reserve some of the pasta water.
- Add the pasta to the sauce, toss to coat, adding the reserved water as needed.
- Serve immediately with grated cheese.
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This looks absolutely wonderful!
Thanks so Much Michelle! 🙂
I made this and prepared exactly as recipe stated except I used porcini mushrooms along with button, and shiitake and added some frozen peas at end yummy
At what step do you add the mushrooms?
Thanks so much for pointing out my error! I fixed the recipe. You add the mushrooms with the shallots.
This sounds yummy; well, almost anything is delicious with mushrooms. I’m going to substitute almond milk for the whipping cream as I’m on blood type diet and see how it turns out. Another vegetarian meal to add to my recipe collection.
Hi Lauren, Sounds interesting! Let me know how it turns out!
Hey Lauren, How did it turn out with the almond milk? Thanks!
Cashew cream makes a great cream substitute for dairy. Grind 1/2 cup of dry cashews till fine add water or broth and blend till creamy. Use as you would cream. Yum!
What a great idea Lynda! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
This is an amazing recipe ! My husband loved it too ! I added the parmesan as you listed but I also added a small container of fetta cheese as well it was wonderful ! Thankyou for the great recipes , this is the 2cnd one I’ve tried both big hits !
Hi Rebecca, Thank you so much! I’m so glad you liked it and were able to make it work for you! I love to hear when people make my recipes!
WOW i just made it and it is amazing, i really hope my fussy eater kids will like it, thank you Erren!
That’s great to hear, Sonitta! Thanks so much for letting me know! I hope your kids like it! 🙂
Hi, this recipe looks delicious! I will be making it this weekend. Just wondering if anybody added sun-dried tomatoes? I think it would be tasty!
I just made this for dinner tonight; it was wonderful! Quick, too! I was home from work (late!) started dinner and had it on the table in no time. It was a hit with the hubby and daughter too! Only thing I did different was use dried minced onion in place of the shallots since my daughter doesn’t like pieces of cooked onion. Not to mention, no chopping onions!!!!
Pinterest is a beautiful thing, especially when it brings me to fantastic things like this recipe. Seems like this could be offered year round because it’s even tho it’s simple to make, it’s love on a plate. Who wouldn’t want to serve this to family and guests alike. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Enniaria, What a lovely comment! Thank you so much and I’m so glad you like the recipe!
cool nd easy….:)
i’m so impressed by your great photos! plus the step by step… for a great recipe. did it tonight! it’s on my list now! tnx. maude
You are quite welcome, Maude 🙂
I loveeeee mushrooms! This is a really great recipe which i’m definitely going to be trying, thank you so much 🙂
You are quite welcome, Adam! Thank you for the great feedback!
We followed the recipe as written, very good! It has a nice light sauce, we’ll be making it again. Thank you!
It’s always great to get such lovely feedback! Thanks so much!