This stunning miso mushroom pasta makes mushrooms the star of the show, intensified with garlic, parmesan, mushroom stock and miso.
You'll need just two pans for this recipe: one to boil the pasta and one to make the sauce.
You'll sweat onions, then add the sliced mushrooms and garlic and fry until the mushrooms reduce and the flavour intensifies.
After that, you'll stir in mushroom stock and miso, followed by the cooked pasta and parmesan, giving the most incredible, rounded flavour in just a few minutes.
I've used penne rigate pasta in this recipe as the hollow centre and lined ridges hold the sauce beautifully, but any pasta shape would work well.
Here's the full recipe for my miso mushroom pasta. I promise you, the results are stunning.
Ingredients
- 1 mushroom stock (bouillon) cube
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 400 g (14 oz) chestnut or button mushrooms sliced
- 3 cloves (3) garlic finely chopped
- 300 g (11 oz) dried penne pasta
- 2 tsp miso paste
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 15 g (⅓ cup) flat leaf parsley roughly chopped
- 40 g (⅓ cup) Parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese alternative to garnish
Instructions
Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil, then add the penne pasta and cook for approximately 10 minutes until al dente.
Dissolve the mushroom stock cube in a bowl with a splash of the hot water. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-low heat, then add the onions.
Sweat for 5 minutes until starting to soften without taking on colour.
Add the mushrooms and garlic.
Turn the heat up to medium-high and fry for 3 minutes until the mushrooms soften.
Add the miso paste, black pepper, dissolved mushroom stock cube and a splash of pasta water.
Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently until the pasta is ready.
Drain the pasta, reserving a little more of the cooking water, and add the pasta to the pan.
Cook everything together for 2 minutes, stirring all the time.
Add the grated cheese.
Stir through. If it's dry, add the reserved pasta water.
Serve in bowls with extra grated cheese, if desired.
If you enjoyed this recipe then check out some of my other incredible pasta dishes including;
- My delicious tagliatelle verdi
- Simple summer spaghetti with garlic and lemon
- Penne with butternut squash and goat cheese
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Miso Mushroom Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 mushroom stock (bouillon) cube
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 400 g (14 oz) chestnut or button mushrooms sliced
- 3 cloves (3) garlic finely chopped
- 300 g (11 oz) dried penne pasta
- 2 tsp miso paste
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 15 g (⅓ cup) flat leaf parsley roughly chopped
- 40 g (⅓ cup) Parmesan or vegetarian hard cheese alternative to garnish
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil, then add the penne pasta and cook for approximately 10 minutes until al dente.
- Dissolve the mushroom stock cube in a bowl with a splash of the hot water. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-low heat, then add the onions. Sweat for 5 minutes until starting to soften without taking on colour.
- Add the mushrooms and garlic, turn the heat up to medium-high and fry for 3 minutes until the mushrooms soften.
- Add the miso paste, black pepper, dissolved mushroom stock cube and a splash of pasta water. Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently until the pasta is ready.
- Drain the pasta, reserving a little more of the cooking water, and add the pasta to the pan.
- Add the grated cheese and stir through. If it's dry, add the reserved pasta water.
- Serve in bowls with extra grated cheese, if desired.
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Emily Scott says
Hi, I loved this recipe and really enjoy simply cook! However I want to make this again but can’t find the porcini ingredients anywhere. Have you made this without using the kit? If so, where do you recommend finding these ingredients? Thank you :)
Emily Leary says
Hi! Great question. I made it such a long while ago, I can't entirely remember what the seasoning was like and if it had salt, pepper etc in it or just mushroom powder. You can get porcini powder from Amazon e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SHAKE-OCINI-PORCINI-MUSHROOM-POWDER/dp/B01N2SXRD4/ which might be of use.