Creamy Dreamy Steak & Mushroom Cavatappi

🥘 Ingredients

• Parmesan cheese
  6 tbsp
• bavette steak
  20 oz
• butter
  4 tbsp
• 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
  4 tbsp??
• 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 1/4-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 mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, ⏱️ 5 minutes - ⏱️ 7 minutes . Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Wash out pan. Pat bavette steak dry with paper towels; season all over with salt and pepper. Heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for mushrooms over medium-high heat. Add steak; cook until browned and cooked through or to desired doneness, 3-6 minutes per side. Turn off heat; transfer to a plate. Wash out pan.

   olive oil: 4 tbsp??, bavette steak: 20 oz
3. 

   3

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

   cavatappi pasta: 12 oz
4. 

   4

   While pasta cooks, melt butter in the pan used for mushrooms over medium heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, ⏱️ 1 minutes . Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, ⏱️ 1 minutes - ⏱️ 2 minutes . Whisk in milk and 1/3 cup reserved pasta cooking water, breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, ⏱️ 3 minutes - ⏱️ 4 minutes . Use pan used for chicken or steak here.

   butter: 4 tbsp, flour: 2 tbsp, milk: 2 unit
5. 

   5

   Stir cream cheese into the pan with sauce until melted and combined. Stir in mushrooms, drained cavatappi, and garlic herb butter . Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in creamy sauce. Thinly slice steak against the grain and stir into the mixture.

   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