Creamy Mushroom Penne
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Yield: 2 servings
 
Ingredients
Mushrooms & Pasta
  • 1 cup cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced*
  • 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded, thinly sliced*
  • 1 cup white button mushrooms, thinly sliced*
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 6 ounces dried regular or gluten-free penne
Sauce
  • 1 cup vegetable broth, or 1 cup water mixed with 1 teaspoon veggie bouillon paste
  • ½ cup cashews, soaked in water (see note below)
  • 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • Pinch of ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • 6 sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon fresh oregano leaves
Instructions
  1. Sauté all of the mushrooms, the shallot, and garlic in the oil in a large pan over medium heat for 7 minutes.
  2. Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the package instructions.
  3. To make the sauce, blend ¾ cup of the broth, the cashews, nutritional yeast, oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth.
  4. Add the sauce, dried basil, and remaining ¼ cup broth to the pan with the mushrooms, stir well, and lower the heat to low. Cook for another 3 minutes.
  5. Serve the pasta with the mushroom-sauce mixture, sun-dried tomatoes, and oregano.
Notes
*Brush or peel the mushrooms to clean them, but don’t wash them.

Soaking cashews (and other nuts and seeds)
Cashews are high in fat, which makes them a good base for creamy sauces. Soak them in water for at least 2 to 3 hours, or even better, overnight, before blending them, unless you are using a high-speed blender, in which case you can omit the soaking step. Follow these instructions for soaking other nuts or seeds as well.


CREAMY MUSHROOM PENNE is excerpted from VEGAN RESET © 2018 by Best of Vegan LLC. Photography © 2018 by Best of Vegan LLC. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Recipe by Chic Vegan at https://www.chicvegan.com/creamy-mushroom-penne-vegan-reset/