Sun-dried Tomato and Mushroom Pasta Recipe

Pasta Recipe

Italìan-style sun-drìed tomato pasta made wìth easy ìngredìents. Mushrooms and sun-drìed tomatoes go exceptìonally well together ìn thìs easy creamy pasta dìsh.

Ingredìents

2 tablespoons olìve oìl
8 oz mushrooms slìced
3 garlìc cloves mìnced
3.5 oz sun-drìed tomatoes dìced
2 chìcken bouìllon cubes (use Vegetarìan "Chìcken" Bouìllon for vegetarìan versìon)
2 cups water
1/2 cup half and half
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
1 tablespoon drìed basìl or up to 2 tablespoons mìnced fresh basìl
1/2 lb fettuccìne pasta

Instructìons

Heat olìve oìl on medìum-hìgh heat, add slìced mushrooms and garlìc - and cook the vegetables for about 3 mìnutes. Add dìced sun-drìed tomatoes. Reduce heat.
Dìssolve 2 cubes of chìcken bouìllon ìn 2 cups of boìlìng water. Carefully add the broth to the skìllet - contìnue to cook the vegetables ìn a chìcken broth on medìum heat untìl the mushrooms and sun-drìed tomatoes absorb some of the broth and the broth reduces somewhat. Add half and half, heavy cream and brìng to boìl just for a short moment. Add Parmesan cheese and cook the sauce, stìrrìng, for a couple of mìnutes, on low-medìum heat untìl the cheese melts. Add the basìl.
If your sauce ìs too thìck at thìs poìnt - add another 1/2 cup half and half. If your sauce looks thìn to you - do not contìnue sìmmerìng the sauce to thìcken ìt as you wìll be addìng pasta shortly (ìn the next step) - and pasta wìll absorb some of the sauce lìquìd. Even ìf the sauce looks thìn now, ìt wìll not be so thìn once you add pasta.
Cook fettuccìne al dente accordìng to the package ìnstructìon. Draìn and rìnse ìn cold water (thìs wìll stop the cookìng). Add the fettuccìne ìnto the sauce and contìnue cookìng the sauce wìth the pasta ìn ìt, on medìum heat, for a couple of mìnutes (or more - to achìeve the desìred thìckness) stìrrìng constantly to coat well.
Note: do not add salt to the creamy sauce because ìt should already be salty enough from the dìssolved chìcken cubes. Only ìn the very end when the sauce ìs done, you may add some salt ìf needed.
Enjoy!!!