Mushroom & Clove Spaghetti

Mushroom & Clove Spaghetti

Adapted from an internet recipe.
I love mushrooms and spaghetti, so this sounds like a win win. I made this on 2 Feb 2019, and I was pleasantly surprised, this is very delicious, Even my wife liked this dish. This is not like a typical spaghetti with a tomato sauce, this is not drenched in sauce. The clove is a subtle flavor but very nice.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine African
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 250 grams dry spaghetti, (8 oz)
  • ¼ cup butter, (½ stick / ¼ block)
  • 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 1 red onion, diced
  • 3 whole cloves, or ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • teaspoons ground coriander
  • 4 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • 200 grams button mushrooms, sliced, (7 oz)
  • tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 tablsspoon light soy sauce
  • fresh spring onion, chopped, for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Heat a pot of salted water and bring to a boil, add the pasta and cook until tender. Drain and run under cold water. Set aside.
  • While the pasta is cooking, go ahead and start cooking the rest. Melt the butter in a large non stick pan on low heat, when completely melted, whisk in the flour until mixed together, then add the onion, cloves, coriander, black pepper, and garlic.
  • Stir until the onion is soft and garlic is fragrant. The kitchen will have a wonderful aroma.
  • Add the mushrooms and tomato paste. I got snap happy with the camera and took this before adding the tomato paste.
  • Saute for 4-5 minutes or until the mushrooms are nice and tender. You will not get a lot of liquid from this, this a dry sauce.
  • Add the spaghetti and soy sauce, and mix with the mushroom mixture. Saute for 1-2 minutes to heat the pasta through.
  • Place pasta on plates, garnish with chopped spring onion if desired, serve with sides of your choice, enjoy.

Notes

Low cost per serving.
Variants: 1. Add blanched spinach. 2. Add smoked ham sliced into strips (highly recommended).
Variant 1 provided by Mike Early, United States.
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    I made this initially on 2 Feb 2019, made as written and it is a delicious meal. Then the next day, I seen some sliced smoked ham in the fridge that was wanting to be used, so I sliced that into strips, added it to a hot pan with some olive oil and fried that up, then added the leftover spaghetti and tossed them together. Result is a perfect addition, that was very well liked by myself and my wife.

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