Creamy Mushroom Cavatappi

🥘 Ingredients

• Parmesan cheese
  ¼ cup
• black pepper
• cavatappi pasta
  6 oz
• cream cheese
  2 tbsp
• cremini mushrooms (trimmed and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick pieces)
  8 oz
• flour
  1 tbsp
• garlic herb butter
  2 tbsp
• milk
  1 unit
• olive oil
  2.667 tbsp
• paper towel
• pasta cooking water
  1.333 c
• plain butter
  2 tbsp
• salt
• scallions (trimmed and thinly sliced)
  2 unit

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• large pan
• strainer

1. 

   1

   Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. Trim and slice cremini mushrooms . Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   cremini mushrooms: 8 oz (trimmed and sliced into 1/4-inch-thick pieces), scallions: 2 unit (trimmed and thinly sliced)
2. 

   2

   Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; season with salt and black pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, ⏱️ 5 minutes to ⏱️ 7 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a plate lined with paper towel . Wash out the pan.

   olive oil: 2.667 tbsp, salt, black pepper, paper towel
3. 

   3

   Once water is boiling, add cavatappi pasta to the pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, ⏱️ 9 minutes to ⏱️ 11 minutes . Reserve pasta cooking water , then drain using a strainer .

   cavatappi pasta: 6 oz, pasta cooking water: 1 c
4. 

   4

   While pasta cooks, melt plain butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in the pan used for mushrooms over medium heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, ⏱️ 1 minute . Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, ⏱️ 1 minute to ⏱️ 2 minutes . Whisk in milk and pasta cooking water , breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, ⏱️ 3 minutes to ⏱️ 4 minutes .

   plain butter: 2 tbsp, flour: 1 tbsp, milk: 1 unit, pasta cooking water: 1/3 c
5. 

   5

   Stir cream cheese into the pan with sauce until melted. Stir in mushrooms, cavatappi, and garlic herb 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.

   cream cheese: 2 tbsp, garlic herb butter: 2 tbsp
6. 

   6

   Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and scallion whites and greens. Serve.

   Parmesan cheese: ¼ cup