Creamy Dreamy Mushroom Cavatappi

Ingredients

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  2 medium or 30g

• Mushrooms

  Wegmans

  8 oz or 227g

• Pasta

  Fresh-refrigerated, plain, cooked

  6 oz or 170g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  1 tbsp or 8g

• Reduced fat milk

  Fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  191g

• Cream cheese

  2 tbsp or 29g

• Parmesan cheese

  Grated

  ¼ cup or 25g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tsp or 9g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. Trim and slice mushrooms into 1/4-inch-thick pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Peel and mince garlic.
2. Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, 5-7 minutes. Turn off heat; transfer to a paper towel-lined plate. Wash out pan.
3. Once water is boiling, add cavatappi to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
4. While pasta cooks, melt 2 TBSP plain butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for mushrooms over medium high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, 1 minute. Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. Whisk in milk and 13 cup reserved pasta cooking water (1/2 cup for 4), breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.
5. Stir cream cheese into pan with sauce until melted and combined. Stir in mushrooms, drained cavatappi, and butter. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.
6. Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan and scallion greens. Serve.
7. Recipe by: HelloFresh (source: https://www.hellofresh.com/recipes/creamy-dreamy-mushroom-cavatappi-5fc6c44689573e34d618a42f?q=creamy+dreamy)