Pasta with half and half cream and mushrooms

I LOVE PASTA ! 

Whatever the kind of sauce, whatever the form, I live a wonderful love story with pasta. 

I keep, from my life in Italy, some gustative feelings and surprises that I won’t never forget. 

I remember, of course, coffee. 

A tiny cup with an extract of coffee so strong that the first time I drunk it, I thought I was losing my oesophagus !

But, you get to everything.

When I came back to France, each cup of coffee seemed water for me.

At the same period, I met an American family. 

Then, I discovered the difference between an Italian coffee and an American one and understood how American actors could drink so much… coffee in movies ! 

I remember pizza and my deception. Yes, I’m sorry to admit…Italian pizza deceived me. Maybe I was too habituated to French pizza. 

I remember the “Panettone” counter of my supermarket, for Christmas ! 

In France, in the east south (close to Italy), you find easily panettone for Xmas, in supermarket, of course (even during the year).

But in Italy, I remember ENTIRE counter, panettone, on each side, from bottom to top. 

I’m totally addicted to panettone. I’m not kidding. 

This is something I avoid to buy, because I’m able to eat one entire panettone during breakfast, for example. 

I bake Tiramisù, the favourite dessert of my son.

Cheeses, diabolic cheeses… ! Pecorino, Parmeggiano, Mascarpone, Gorgonzola…

My Italian teacher told me, one day :

“You know that Zola, the French author wasn’t French. He was Italian. And his real name wasn’t Emile. It was Gorgon … Gorgon ZOLA.”

Ice cream … Rrrrrhhhhhooooaaaa, ice cream !!! Even in France, we call them “Gelati”, to not mix up with classic ice cream. 

And of course, the queen of Italian cook : Les pâtes ! 

I ate TONNES of pasta. So many different sauces and so many way of cooking them !

There’s no limit for pasta, except your imagination.

On the same time, it’s considered as a friendly dish. You must have pasta in your kitchen cupboard. 

If ten friends come unexpectedly, you always can make a quick dish of pasta. 

If you’re tired and don’t want to cook, you always can make a quick dish of pasta.

If you’re tight with money, you always can make a quick dish of pasta.

Pasta are our friends ! 

I cook pasta very often. Even when I’ve got guests. You can make all you want with pasta. 

I’ll post very soon a simple dish with lemon and salmon. 

But today, for the first time since several month, the sky  is grey and it’s colder than before.  

So my body wants pasta, cream and Parisian mushroom. 

I didn't have fresk mushroom, so I used cans. 

But you can use any kind of mushroom you like.

Here what you'll need : 

• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 20 cl of half and half (Thanks Dr CaSo ;))
• 200 grammes of mushroom
• Olive oil
• Pasta
• A washed lemon 
• And some parsley.

Step 1 : 

Now, you know me : everything begins with olive oil, onion and garlic ! 

On a low fire, in olive oil and salt, make brown the onion. 

Step 2 : 

When they are golden, add the garlic.

Step 3 : 

After 3 - 4 minutes more, add the mushroom and make them brown too.

Step 4 : 

In the meantime, make boil your water, and if you've got, put a vegetables cube.

Step 5 : 

When your mushrooms are brown, pour the cream and grab the lemon.

Let boil 5 minutes, not more. Salt and pepper, of course.

Step 6 : 

Dredge with parsley.

Step 7 :

When your pasta is ready, add to the mixture one cup of pasta's water. The starch will help to thicken the sauce.

Sorry for the poor quality of this pic, but difficult with the steam.

Stir with pasta, and it's ready ! I'm hungry ! 

Récapitulative : 

• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 20 cl of half and half (Thanks Dr CaSo ;))
• 200 grammes of mushroom
• Olive oil
• Pasta
• A washed lemon 
• And some parsley.

On a low fire, in olive oil and salt, make brown the onion. 

When they are golden, add the garlic.

After 3 - 4 minutes more, add the mushroom and make them brown too.

In the meantime, make boil your water, and if you've got, put a vegetables cube.

When your mushrooms are brown, pour the cream and grab the lemon.

Let boil 5 minutes, not more. Salt and pepper, of course.

Dredge with parsley.

When your pasta is ready, add to the mixture one cup of pasta's water. The starch will help to thicken the sauce.

Stir with pasta, and it's ready ! I