Creamy Ham Mushroom And Cheese Pasta Food

CREAMY HAM, LEEK & MUSHROOM SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Stir in the leeks, 2 tbsp water and some seasoning, cover, then cook for 5 mins over a medium heat until softened. Add the mushrooms and garlic, then cook for 3 mins more. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti according to pack instructions, then drain, reserving a little of the cooking liquid.
• Stir the soft cheese into the leek and mushroom mixture, adding enough of the reserved pasta liquid to give a sauce-like consistency. Add the ham, basil leaves and Parmesan, then toss in the spaghetti.

CREAMY CHEESY HAM AND PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a pot full of water to a boil. Meanwhile add butter to skillet and melt. Once melted, add onion, garlic and ham. Sauté until onion is soft or ham is slightly browned.
• Once water starts to vigorously boil, add pasta. Meanwhile add flour to mixture one tablespoon at a time stirring constantly. Add in milk 1/2 cup at a time. (Add more or less to suite your tastes for sauce consistency.).
• Once sauce consistency is a little runnier than you like, add cheese and salt. Reduce heat to simmer while you drain pasta.
• Mix drained pasta together with sauce and serve with salad and bread for a complete quick meal!
• This meal is very versatile and you can change the quantities of the pasta or type of pasta to suite your own family's needs.

CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a medium saucepan. Fry the onion over a low heat for 10 mins or until softened and translucent.
• Add the mushrooms and cook for 10 mins over a medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the wine and bring to a simmer, reduce the liquid by half.
• Add the double cream and bring to a simmer, then add the lemon zest and parmesan. Season with salt and plenty of black pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions. Reserve 100ml of the pasta water. Toss the pasta in the pan with the creamy sauce and enough of the reserved water to loosen. Stir through the parsley, divide into bowls and top with extra cheese, if you like.

CREAMY HAM & MUSHROOM PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, then drain. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6, then melt a little butter in a large saucepan. Fry the mushrooms for a couple of mins, then scoop out and set aside. Use some kitchen paper to wipe out the pan.
• Melt the remaining butter in the pan, then add most of the onions and soften for 1 min. Stir in the flour for another min, then gradually stir in the milk until you have a lump-free sauce. Increase the heat and bubble the sauce, stirring for a few mins to thicken. Turn off the heat, stir in the ham and most of the cheese, then season to taste.
• Tip the pasta and mushrooms into a large ovenproof dish, then pour over the sauce and mix well in the dish. Scatter over the remaining cheese and spring onions, then bake for 10 mins until golden.

CREAMY HAM PASTA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, saute the celery, pepper and onion in butter until tender. Stir in the soup, milk and salt. In a very large bowl, combine the soup mixture, ham and mushrooms. Drain pasta; add to soup mixture and toss to coat., Transfer to two greased 13x9-in. baking dishes. Top with cracker crumbs. Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Bake the remaining casserole, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown., To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until heated through.

CREAMY MUSHROOM & HAM PASTA

Steps:

• In a large frying pan add the olive oil, mushrooms, parsley, oregano, salt and water, cook almost covered on medium heat, stirring occasionally until mushrooms are cooked and water has almost evaporated.(about 10-15 minutes).
• While mushrooms are cooking boil and cook pasta al dente. Once the mushrooms are cooked add the ham gently mix together.
• Add the cream and flour and cook on medium high heat, stirring constantly until thickens, add pasta, toss gently and serve immediately with freshly grated parmesan cheese if desired. Enjoy!

PARMESAN, HAM, AND SPINACH PASTA

Steps:

• In large skillet on medium heat, saute onions and mushrooms in butter until soft.
• While mushrooms are cooking, boil 7 cups water in a large sauce pan.
• Add ham, cooking until heated through to mushroom mixture
• Add 1/2 cup of milk to ham and mushroom mixture.
• Add spinach to the skillet, stirring with large spatula until spinach is broken and well mixed.
• Place cream cheese into spinach mixture and stir until melted.
• Add garlic powder, mushroom soup, salt and pepper into skillet--stirring until well blended.
• Simmer, covered, for 10-12 minutes, adding more milk as necessary for consistency to make a sauce to your liking.
• While sauce is simmering, cook noodles in the other pan until tender. Keep heated.
• Drain noodles well.
• Serve noodles with spinach mixture over top.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese just before serving.

CREAMY HAM AND MUSHROOM PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, then drain.
• Heat the oven to 400F then melt a little butter in a large saucepan.
• Fry the mushrooms for a couple of mins, then scoop out and set aside. Use some kitchen paper to wipe out the pan.
• Melt the remaining butter in the pan, then add most of the scallions and soften for 1 minute
• Stir in the flour for another minute, then gradually stir in the milk until you have a lump-free sauce.
• Increase the heat and bubble the sauce, stirring for a few mins to thicken.
• Turn off the heat, stir in the ham and most of the cheese then season to taste.
• Tip the pasta and mushrooms into a large ovenproof dish, then pour over the sauce and mix well in the dish.
• Scatter over the remaining cheese and scallions and bake in the oven for 10 mins until golden.

CREAMY HAM AND NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook the egg noodles according to package directions. Drain and rinse to remove any starch, set aside.
• Pre-heat the oven to 350 °F. Place half of the noodles in buttered 2 quart casserole dish.
• Combine the ham and cheese; sprinkle half of ham mixture over noodles.
• In small bowl, combine soup, sour cream, milk,garlic powder and onion powder.
• Spoon half of soup mixture over the ham layer.
• Then again: noodles, ham/cheese, soup.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover loosely with foil.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes until it looks creamy and not soupy. Remove from the oven and serve.

LIGHT AND CREAMY PASTA WITH HAM, PEAS, AND MUSHROOM

Steps:

• Put 3 tbsp. of light butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. After a minute, put in minced garlic cloves
• Add 1 cup of white wine then add all of the mushrooms and saute for 3-4 minutes
• Start to boil the water for the pasta. Add cubed ham and peas to the saute pan then add the remaining 1 cup of white wine and saute for 3-4 minutes
• Put your pasta in the boiling water. To the saute pan, add 3/4 pint of half & half, then lower the temperature to low-medium heat (so that it doesn't bubble)
• After 2-3 minutes, add corn starch one tbsp. at a time and stir-the sauce will slowly thicken over 3 to 4 minutes
• Salt and pepper to taste, serve over the pasta, sprinkle with parmesan cheese, enjoy!

CREAMY HAM AND TOMATO PENNE AL BAFFO

Steps:

• Put a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil and bring to the boil again. Cut the ham into small strips or juliennes. Peel and finely chop the shallots. wash and chop the parsley.
• Sauté the sliced shallot gently in olive oil until it starts to soften. Add the ham pieces and sauté them for a minute or two over a slightly higher heat, until they beginto brown ever so slightly around the edges. Add the passata and simmer gently until it starts to thicken (about 10 minutes). Add salt to taste.
• Add the cream and mix it with the rest of the sauce. Let the sauce simmer for 4-5 minutes until the cream and tomato have reduced into a lovely coral coloured sauce.
• Cook the pasta slightly less than al dente according to the instructions on the packet. Save a little of the pasta cooking water and drain the pasta.
• Add the pasta to the sauce along with ½ a ladleful of the pasta water. Turn up the heat and let the pasta simmer in the sauce for a minute or two. Mix constantly, until the sauce has reduced enough to coat the pasta well. Add the chopped parsley and serve immediately, with freshly ground black pepper and a sprinkling of extra parsley.

PASTA WITH MUSHROOMS, HAM AND PEAS

Steps:

• In a large skillet (preferably nonstick), heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add onion; cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in mushrooms and ham.
• Cook and stir until mushrooms are tender, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain; return pasta to saucepan.
• Add mushroom-ham mixture, peas, chicken broth and pepper; cook and stir until hot, about 3 minutes.
• Just before serving, add grated cheese.

LINGUINE WITH MUSHROOMS & HAM

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguine pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
• Melt butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, garlic, and mushrooms in butter until tender. Reduce heat, and slowly stir in cream. Continue cooking until sauce has thickened, add ham and basil, and simmer for 10 more minutes.
• In a large bowl, toss linguine with cream sauce, and season with freshly ground black pepper.

CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in medium saucepan on medium heat. Add mushrooms and ham; cook 6 to 7 min. or until liquid is cooked off. Stir in milk; bring to boil. Add cream cheese and frozen vegetables; stir. Cook 3 min. or until cream cheese is melted and vegetables are heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Drain spaghetti; return to pan. Add sauce; toss to evenly coat spaghetti.

PASTA WITH HAM AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a liter of water to the boil, add 1 tsp salt and add the pasta to boil as you cook the sauce
• Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat, sauté the onions for about 1 minute or until soft then add in the mushrooms to cook for 5 minutes or until they start to shrivel and brown. That's when you pour in the wine to deglaze, it will not all evaporate so after 30 seconds pour in the double cream plus 25ml of water.
• After the sauce starts to bubble, add in the torn ham and stir. Leave the sauce to cook another minute, just enough to heat up the ham.
• Take the sauce off the fire and sprinkle in the Parmigiano Reggiano and freshly ground black pepper.
• When the pasta is ready, drain and stir through the sauce.
• Serve with some extra Parmigiano Reggiano.