Penne Pasta with Mushrooms and Zucchini

Hey there!

To all penne pasta lovers here there is an amazing and easy recipe to cook. Few ingredients for these delicious penne pasta with mushrooms and zucchini and a spicy taste that will drive you mad! It was an experiment I made few months ago because I ran out of tomato sauce so I had few ingredients and I started to create this dish. Shall we cook ?

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time:15 mins

Servings:2

Ingredients:

  • 30 grams of died mushrooms
  • 20 grams of cream cheese (such as Philadelphia)
  • 1 big zucchini
  • 2 tablespoons of Parmesan
  • 1 teaspoon of red hot pepper
  • 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • 160 grams of penne pasta
  • fresh parsley

Directions:

  1. Set drain mushrooms in a bowl covered with water for 30 minutes before cooking them. Wash them again.
  2. Place mushrooms in  frying pan with oil and cook them for 5 minutes
  3. Add 1/2 cup of boiling water (the one you are going to use for cooking pasta) and go on cooking mushrooms for 5 minutes more
  4. Add grated zucchini to mushrooms and cook till tender for 10 minutes more.
  5. Now add cream cheese, parsley, pepper, salt and Parmesan and cook again for 1 minute
  6. Cook and drain pasta and pour it in the frying pan with mushrooms sauce. Mix everything for one minute
  7. Serve

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Penne pasta with mushrooms and zucchini is ready! I hope you enjoyed 🙂

Lady Pepper

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