Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Four cheese penne with mushrooms, pancetta and toasted walnuts

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, four cheese penne with mushrooms, pancetta and toasted walnuts. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I threw this dish of penne pasta, pancetta bacon, and mushrooms together one afternoon for lunch. It was definitely a restaurant quality dish. I substituted evaporated milk for the cream and added some Parmesan cheese to the sauce during cooking. Four different kind of cheese (Philadelphia cream cheese, blue cheese, cheddar, and Parmesan cheese) mixed with pancetta and penne rigate.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have four cheese penne with mushrooms, pancetta and toasted walnuts using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Four cheese penne with mushrooms, pancetta and toasted walnuts:

1. Make ready 1/2 lb penne (or your choice of pasta)
2. Take 1 boiling water
3. Make ready 1 handful of chopped walnuts
4. Take 2 tbsp olive oil
5. Prepare 1/2 cup pancetta (or bacon)
6. Take 1/2 lb mushrooms (I used portabella)
7. Get 5 garlic cloves, minced
8. Get 1 tsp dried thyme
9. Get 1/4 cup dry white wine
10. Get 1 salt and pepper to taste
11. Prepare 3 tbsp cream cheese
12. Make ready 1 cup of shredded cheeses (I used parmiggiano, pecorino and asiago)

Will you give this creamy pancetta pasta recipe a go? Known in Italy as 'Penne alla boscaiola', this is a traditional dish made of porcini mushrooms, pancetta and olives in a tomato or cream sauce. I've made pesto with walnuts, hazelnuts and pine nuts alike. I've made amazing spinach and kale pestos, too.

Instructions to make Four cheese penne with mushrooms, pancetta and toasted walnuts:

1. Fill a large pan with water, bring to a boil and follow the directions on the pasta package for the cooking time.
2. In a medium sized pan toast the chopped walnuts. Remove from pan and set aside.
3. Next add the olive oil and pancetta. Let it brown. Then add the mushrooms. Once the mushrooms have cooked add the garlic, the thyme and freshly cracked pepper. Stir a few times, next add the wine.
4. Before draining the pasta reserve 1/2 cup of the boiling pasta water. (If you are going to use more cheese that indicated above, reserve more water, about 1 cup.)
5. Once you drain the pasta, add it to the pan, together with the cheeses, the reserved pasta water and salt. Stir quickly so that the cheeses will melt and become creamy. Next add the walnuts. Stir to combine. Serve immediately and enjoy!

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