Share This Post

Food Hacks + Recipes / Recipes / Vegetarian

Pasta Free Pasta: Creamy Homemade Mushroom and Ham ‘Pasta’

Courgette Pasta
Serves 1
Ingredients
  • 100g courgettes
  • x1 garlic clove
  • 80g chopped mushrooms
  • 25ml double cream
  • Coconut oil or butter, for frying
  • ½ diced onion
  • 25ml coconut milk
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 75g ham, thinly sliced
  • ½ tsp garlic salt and pepper
  • Grated cheese or finely chopped tomato
Instructions
  • Thinly slice the courgettes into strips, or spiralize.
  • Blanch them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, plunge them into ice-cold water and tip them into a colander to drain.
  • Fry the onion and garlic in coconut oil or butter until soft, add the mushrooms and cook for 2–3 minutes. Pour in the cream and coconut milk.
  • Stir in the mustard and season with the salt and pepper to taste.
  • Reduce the pan to a simmer and once the cream has reduced slightly, remove from the heat and tip into a food processor or, using a hand blender, blitz until it is smooth.
  • Heat a little oil or butter in a frying pan to fry the courgette ribbons with the ham for 2–3 mins.
  • Pour over the sauce and garnish with grated cheese or tomato.

Share This Post