Creamy Beef & Mushroom Cavatappi

🥘 Ingredients

• Parmesan cheese
  6 tbsp
• black pepper
• button mushrooms
  1 lb
• cavatappi pasta
  12 oz
• cream cheese
  4 tbsp
• flour
  2 tbsp
• garlic herb butter
  4 tbsp
• milk
  2 unit
• olive oil
• plain butter
  2 tbsp
• salt
• scallions
  2 unit

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry all produce. Trim and slice button mushrooms into ¼-inch-thick pieces. (Skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!) Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   button mushrooms: 1 lb, scallions: 2 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms; season with salt and black 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.

   olive oil, salt, black pepper
3. 

   3

   Once water is boiling, add cavatappi pasta to the pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.

   cavatappi pasta: 12 oz
4. 

   4

   While pasta cooks, melt plain butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in the 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 ¼ cup reserved pasta cooking water (½ cup for 4), breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.

   plain butter: 2 tbsp, flour: 2 tbsp, milk: 2 unit
5. 

   5

   Stir cream cheese into the pan with the sauce until melted and combined. Stir in the mushrooms, drained 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: 4 tbsp, garlic herb butter: 4 tbsp
6. 

   6

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

   Parmesan cheese: 6 tbsp