Plant based, incredibly rich and creamy truffle pasta.
If you think being vegan means giving up indulgent food, think again!
This one pot pasta dish is every bit as creamy and delicious as it sounds.
The truffle pesto and oil add a wonderful depth of flavour and the fresh herbs will make your taste buds sing.
There is no need to use both truffle pesto and oil, one may be enough, depending on how strong they are in flavour. I used truffle pesto to start with, but the pesto I used on this occasion was not as strong as I expected it to be, so I topped up the truffle flavour with the truffle oil when serving.
If you are wondering how kale made it into this dish…I must confess it’s just because I like kale a lot, so I incorporate it in whatever I cook. In my defence, it brings a nice texture to this dish and helps with the vitamin intake (win-win).
I hope you enjoy this dish as much as I do!
Ingredients
- Oil for frying
- 1 teaspoon lazy garlic
- 2 shallots (chopped)
- 550g mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 tablespoon truffle pesto (optional)
- 3 + 1/3 cups of vegetable stock
- 2 + ½ cups plant milk
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoons white Miso paste
- 350g pasta
- A handful of kale
- Leaves from 1 x Thyme sprig
- Leaves from 1 x Rosemary sprig (chopped)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Truffle oil for serving
Method
1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Fry the garlic and shallots until soften. Add the mushrooms, salt and pepper and fry until all the liquid from the mushrooms is evaporated. Stir in a teaspoon of truffle pesto.
2. Add the pasta, vegetable stock, 2 cups of plant milk (reserve ½ cup of plant milk for later), nutritional yeast and white Miso paste and stir until combined. Simmer on medium heat for 8-10 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked, but stir from time to time to prevent it from sticking.
3. Once the pasta is cooked, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the kale, ½ cup plant milk and the fresh herbs. Serve with a drizzle of truffle oil!
Thanks for the inspiration go to Delicious Everyday
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