Tiktok Baked Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 2-3 people
- 250g/8.8ozs cream cheese block
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed (but not chopped or diced)
- 250g/8.8ozs. mushrooms, sliced
- 1/2 cup/125ml/4ozs. cream
- 1/4 cup/60ml/2flozs white or rosé wine
- 50g/1.7ozs butter
- 2 sprigs thyme
- 250g/8.8ozs. fettucine pasta (or pasta of your choice)
- 1 cup/30g/1oz. baby spinach leaves
- Grated parmesan cheese to serve
- Salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Place the cream cheese block on a baking dish and place the onion, garlic, mushrooms, cream and wine around it. Place the butter in the centre on top of the cream cheese and top with thyme and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes the onions will not be brown but will be cooked soft.
Step 2 - While the sauce is baking, cook the pasta when the mushrooms have about 15 minutes to go. Put a large pot of water onto the boil and add salt. Cook the pasta for 7-8 minutes until al dente and then drain well under cold running water.
Step 3 - When the sauce is done take a fork and mash the cream cheese and add the baby spinach and stir everything together. Add the drained pasta along with salt, pepper and some parmesan cheese. Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately. Even standing at the sink with a fork, it's that good.
Personal Note
While this recipe is simplicity itself, I was in a rather tricky situation recently. I was working doing some photography work. It was a hot day and I was wearing a t-shirt and fitness gear as I was busy in a food truck at a brewery and it was a sweltering hot day. The t-shirt that I wanted to wear was in the wash so I grabbed the nearest t-shirt out of the drawer. It was a gift from Ivy. It says, "Dog Mum AF."
There were two kids in line at the food truck and there was this adorable little girl who was quite fascinated by the whole process of photography and was watching me take photos and videos.
"I like your camera," she said smiling. She was a cute and confident thing and I knew she would grow up to be a boss.
Then she looked at my t-shirt, "Dog...mom...AF" she said in her tiny pipsqueak voice pronouncing AF as "aff". "What is that?"
"Errrrr," I said panicking. I don't spend a lot of time with kids so I don't have any clever answers for these sorts of tricky questions. I looked down at my camera and blurted out, "AF means auto focus, like on a camera!". To my immense relief that seemed to satisfy her curiosity and I made my escape before more questions were asked like how babies are made and is there a god?
So tell me Dear Reader, what would you have answered her? And do you like fettuccine Alfredo?