Pasta with mushroom sauce

Name: Pasta with mushroom sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 25 gram unsalted butter (1 oz); Olive oil; 1 garlic clove; 1 onion; Handful of chestnut or regular mushrooms; 50 ml white wine (2 fl oz), we've used a Sauvignon blanc.; 100 ml double cream (4 fl oz); 1 tablespoon dried oregano; Salt and pepper to taste; Optional: crushed walnuts; Spaghetti, cooked according to packets instructions

Mushroom sauce you can whip up in about 15 minutes. Served with spaghetti, this recipe for pasta with mushroom sauce is perfect for weekday meals.

Recipe pasta with mushroom sauce

Made by Véronique

Published at 2015-05-26, this recipe is for 2 persons and takes 15 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Preparation time

5 minutes

Time cooking

10 minutes

Total time

15 minutes

Preparation - 5 minutes

Dice the onion and finely chop the garlic. Clean and slice the mushrooms, you can decide how many mushrooms you want to add to the sauce.

Since mushrooms usually shrink to half their size, you can add 1 or 2 handfuls. Open up the packet of double cream and crush the walnuts.

You can use these crushed walnuts for presentation if you like, but you can skip this step if you want. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti according to packet instructions.

Cooking the mushroom sauce - 10 minutes

Put the large skillet on medium-high heat, add the butter and olive oil. When the butter has melted completely, add in the diced onions and chopped garlic.

Saute for a few minutes, until soft. Add the sliced mushrooms and cook until soft. Season them using salt and pepper, be sure to taste them.

Add white wine and cook until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half of what is used to be. Add cream and simmer for about 5 minutes, season with dried oregano.

Taste, and decide if you want to add more salt and pepper. Serve with spaghetti on a deep plate, and optionally add some crushed walnuts on top. Enjoy your meal!