Description
A quick and elegant pasta dish featuring silky coconut sauce, earthy oyster mushrooms, and fragrant garlic, perfect for cozy nights or impressing guests.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces (about 226 g) pasta (fettuccine, spaghetti, or your favorite shape)
- 2 cups oyster mushrooms, sliced (about 140 g)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup coconut milk (full-fat canned for richness, or any plant-based cream)
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast (optional)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to package instructions in well-salted water until al dente. Drain, reserving about 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking water, and set pasta aside.
- In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sliced oyster mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until they release moisture and begin to brown at the edges, about 5–7 minutes. Add minced garlic in the last 1–2 minutes and cook until fragrant.
- Pour in the coconut milk and stir to combine, scraping any browned bits from the pan. Add nutritional yeast if using, and season with salt and pepper. Let the sauce come to a gentle simmer and thicken slightly, about 2–3 minutes. If the sauce feels too thick, loosen with a splash of the reserved pasta water.
- Add the cooked pasta to the skillet and toss to coat evenly, warming through for another minute. Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Serve immediately, garnished with chopped fresh parsley and an extra crack of black pepper.
Notes
Reserve pasta water to adjust sauce consistency; its starch helps the sauce cling to the noodles. For a lower saturated fat option, use light coconut milk or blended silken tofu.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Sauteing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 800
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 40g
- Saturated Fat: 30g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 93g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 0mg