Garlic mushroom pasta bake recipe

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Garlic mushroom pasta bake
  • Vegetarian
  • healthy
Serves4
SkillEasy
Preparation Time20 mins
Cooking Time40 mins
Total Time1 hours
Five A DayTwo
Cost RangeCheap
Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories466 Kcal23%
Sugar6.5 g7%
Fat22.7 g32%
Saturated Fat8.6 g43%
Salt0.53 gRow 4 - Cell 2
Protein16.6 g33%
Carbohydrates48.3 g19%
Salt0.53 gRow 7 - Cell 2

This garlic mushroom pasta bake is loaded with veg such as chestnut mushrooms, spinach, and tomatoes.

Mature Cheddar cheese, garlic, and butter make sure this pasta bake is full of flavour. It takes just 20 minutes to prep this pasta bake. This dish is just 466 calories per serving and is part of our low calorie vegetarian meals collection.

Ingredients

  • 30-45ml (2-3tbsp) olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 225g (8oz) chestnut mushrooms, wiped and halved
  • 100g (4oz) baby spinach leaves
  • 225g (8oz) penne pasta
  • 15g (½oz) butter
  • 15g (½oz) plain flour
  • 300ml (½pt) milk
  • 75g (3oz) mature Cheddar cheese, finely grated
  • 8 cherry tomatoes, halved

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Method

  1. Heat half the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the garlic and mushrooms over a high heat until just browned, adding more oil if necessary. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the spinach.
  2. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pan of lightly salted water, according to the packet instructions, until just tender. Drain well and rinse under cold water.
  3. Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F, gas mark 5). Heat the butter in a pan, then stir in the flour and cook for 1 min. Gradually add the milk, whisking all the time. Simmer for 2-3 mins until thickened. Stir in the cheese and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  4. Stir the pasta into the cheese sauce and add the mushroom and spinach mixture. Spoon into a large ovenproof dish and top with tomatoes. Bake for 20-25 mins until golden and bubbling.

Top tips for making garlic mushroom pasta bake

You can easily adapt this recipe to up your five-a-day count. We’d recommend adding broccoli, sweetcorn or onions.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies