Indulge in a symphony of flavors with our delectable pasta shells, masterfully crafted with portobello mushrooms, asparagus, and a creamy Boursin sauce. This vegetarian delight tantalizes the taste buds with its rich, earthy notes and vibrant textures. The hearty portobello mushrooms lend a meaty umami flavor, while the asparagus adds a crisp, весенний touch. Bathed in a luscious Boursin sauce, every bite is an explosion of creamy indulgence, perfectly complemented by the tender pasta shells. Our diverse collection of recipes offers variations to suit every palate, including a classic version, a sun-dried tomato pesto twist, and a tangy lemon-herb rendition. Embark on a culinary journey and discover your favorite combination today!
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
PASTA SHELLS WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES
Provided by Robin Miller : Food Network
Categories side-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine eggplant, artichoke hearts, oil, thyme, and rosemary. Toss to coat vegetables with oil and herbs. Arrange vegetables on prepared baking sheet and roast 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown and tender, turning halfway through cooking. Remove vegetables from oven and set aside.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions, drain, and return to cooking pot. Stir in roasted vegetables and roasted red peppers.
- Whisk together chicken broth, vinegar, mustard, salt, and pepper. Pour mixture over pasta and toss to coat. Stir in basil. Spoon mixture into shallow bowls and sprinkle Parmesan over top.
PASTA WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS
The key to giving a portobello (or any mushroom) dense texture is to cook it slowly in oil so that most of its moisture is driven out. My biggest successes came in taking whole mushrooms and cooking them, covered, for as long as two hours. Nearly as good, however, and more than twice as fast, is to cut up the mushrooms and cook them in oil, uncovered, for 30 to 45 minutes. At that point, you not only have fabulous mushrooms, which you can use in a pasta sauce, as I do here, or to top salads or stir into rice dishes, but you also have very good-flavored oil. To further improve the mushrooms' flavor, I like to use the trick popularized by Marcella Hazan: add a few reconstituted dried porcini to the portobellos.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories brunch, dinner, easy, lunch, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Trim hard parts from mushrooms and discard. Rinse mushrooms quickly to remove grit; cut caps into slices and stems into small chunks. Combine in a medium skillet with 1 clove garlic (crushed and peeled), thyme, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Cook over sufficiently low heat so that mixture bubbles but mushrooms do not brown. Continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until they are quite shrunken in size and appear firm, 30 to 45 minutes. (At this point, you can pause for several hours before resuming cooking.) If you are using porcinis, soak them in hot water to cover for a few minutes so that they soften.
- Set a large pot of water to boil for pasta and salt it. Mince remaining garlic. Turn heat under oil to medium, and add garlic to the portobellos along with the drained porcinis. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic begins to color. Add tomatoes and raise heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they break up and become saucy, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Taste sauce and adjust its seasoning. When pasta is done, drain it, toss with sauce, top with Parmesan, and serve.
PASTA SHELLS WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS AND ASPARAGUS IN BOURSIN SAUCE
From my friend Tasneem - an easy recipe to prepare, resulting in a downright sophisticated dish. Asparagus and pasta are tossed with a cheesy mushroom sauce.
Provided by Jasmine
Categories Pasta Main Dishes
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and heat the olive oil. Cut the mushroom caps in half, and slice 1/4 inch thick. Cook mushrooms in the skillet 8 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Season with salt. Stir in the chicken broth and Boursin cheese. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until well blended.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add shell pasta and cook for 5 minutes. Place the asparagus into the pot, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until the pasta is al dente and the asparagus is tender; drain. Toss with the mushroom sauce to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 35.1 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.4 g, Sodium 388.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
PASTA SHELLS WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS AND ASPARAGUS IN BOURSIN SAUCE
From my friend Tasneem - an easy recipe to prepare, resulting in a downright sophisticated dish. Asparagus and pasta are tossed with a cheesy mushroom sauce.
Provided by Jasmine
Categories Pasta Main Dishes
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and heat the olive oil. Cut the mushroom caps in half, and slice 1/4 inch thick. Cook mushrooms in the skillet 8 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Season with salt. Stir in the chicken broth and Boursin cheese. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until well blended.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add shell pasta and cook for 5 minutes. Place the asparagus into the pot, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until the pasta is al dente and the asparagus is tender; drain. Toss with the mushroom sauce to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 35.1 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.4 g, Sodium 388.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
PASTA SHELLS WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS AND ASPARAGUS IN BOURSIN SAUCE
From my friend Tasneem - an easy recipe to prepare, resulting in a downright sophisticated dish. Asparagus and pasta are tossed with a cheesy mushroom sauce.
Provided by Jasmine
Categories Pasta Main Dishes
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and heat the olive oil. Cut the mushroom caps in half, and slice 1/4 inch thick. Cook mushrooms in the skillet 8 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Season with salt. Stir in the chicken broth and Boursin cheese. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until well blended.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add shell pasta and cook for 5 minutes. Place the asparagus into the pot, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until the pasta is al dente and the asparagus is tender; drain. Toss with the mushroom sauce to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 35.1 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.4 g, Sodium 388.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
PASTA SHELLS WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS AND ASPARAGUS IN BOURSIN SAUCE
From my friend Tasneem - an easy recipe to prepare, resulting in a downright sophisticated dish. Asparagus and pasta are tossed with a cheesy mushroom sauce.
Provided by Jasmine
Categories Pasta Main Dishes
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and heat the olive oil. Cut the mushroom caps in half, and slice 1/4 inch thick. Cook mushrooms in the skillet 8 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Season with salt. Stir in the chicken broth and Boursin cheese. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until well blended.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add shell pasta and cook for 5 minutes. Place the asparagus into the pot, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until the pasta is al dente and the asparagus is tender; drain. Toss with the mushroom sauce to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400 calories, Carbohydrate 51.6 g, Cholesterol 35.1 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 14.1 g, SaturatedFat 9.4 g, Sodium 388.4 mg, Sugar 3.7 g
GRILLED ASPARAGUS, RED BELL PEPPER, AND PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS
This is a great stand-alone dish or you can put it over pasta or a salad. Because the veggies stand up to the vinaigrette, you can make it ahead of time.
Provided by FalloonFarm
Categories BBQ & Grilled Vegetables
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Combine olive oil, vinegar, Dijon, sugar, salt, and pepper for the vinaigrette in a small bowl and mix until well combined. Pour in a large resealable bag and add mushrooms, asparagus, and bell pepper. Toss everything together until well combined.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Line a vegetable pan with aluminum foil and place on the preheated grill. Add vegetables with vinaigrette to the pan on the grill.
- Grill vegetables until desired softness or crunchiness is reached, 5 to 7 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 238.1 calories, Carbohydrate 23.4 g, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 6.9 g, Protein 10 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 117.8 mg, Sugar 9.7 g
PASTA SHELLS WITH PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS AND BOURSIN SAUCE
This is one of my all time favorite pasta dishes. It came from one of my mom's old cookbooks, although I have made a couple tweaks here and there over the years. I know Boursin is a little more expensive but if you can help it, don't use the inexpensive imitation brands. The sauce just won't come out right. I have used the low fat Boursin and it works fine. In a pinch, the alouette brand will work, or you can try subbing goat cheese made with garlic and herbs. For a really big meal, add in some chicken, either grilled, rotisserie or just leftover! As a note, this isn't the best dish to reheat so keep that in mind.
Provided by Bakabeth
Categories Pasta Shells
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Snap the tough ends off the asparagus and discard them. Cut the spears into 1/2 inch pieces.
- Melt butter with the oil over medium heat in a large frying pan.
- Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally until the mushrooms are tender and well browned, about 6 minutes. Add salt, pepper and garlic. Stir and reduce heat to medium/medium low.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat chicken broth. Once lightly boiling, add in Boursin cheese and white wine, stirring with a fork to help melt cheese. Lower heat and simmer to thicken. If not using pepper Boursin, add 1/4 tsp black pepper. Once the cheese is fully incorporated to the liquids, add sauce to mushrooms, stir and simmer.
- In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until almost done, about 6 minutes.
- Add the asparagus and cook until it and the pasta are just done, about 3-4 minutes longer. (If using broccoli add with 2 minutes left to go, snap peas about 1 1/2 min).
- Drain the pasta. Toss with the mushrooms and sauce. Season to taste.
- Serve with Parmesan cheese on side. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 448.1, Fat 8.6, SaturatedFat 2.8, Cholesterol 7.6, Sodium 581.5, Carbohydrate 73.9, Fiber 6.5, Sugar 7, Protein 17.9
Tips:
- To save time, use pre-cooked pasta shells if you're short on time.
- If you don't have any Boursin cheese, you can substitute another type of soft cheese, such as cream cheese or goat cheese.
- If you want a vegetarian version of this dish, you can omit the bacon.
- To make this dish even more flavorful, you can add a splash of white wine or chicken broth to the sauce.
- Be sure to serve this dish immediately after it's made, as the pasta will start to absorb the sauce and become soggy if it sits for too long.
Conclusion:
This pasta shells with portobello mushrooms and asparagus in Boursin sauce is a delicious and easy-to-make meal that's perfect for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion. The combination of flavors and textures in this dish is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a new pasta recipe to try, give this one a try. You won't be disappointed!
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