Mushroom & Clove Spaghetti
Mushroom & Clove Spaghetti
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.
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
- 1½ teaspoons ground coriander
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 200 grams button mushrooms, sliced, (7 oz)
- 1½ 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.
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.