Pasta with ham and mushrooms in cream sauce
Pasta in a cream sauce with ham and fried mushrooms, finished with grated cheese – a close cousin of Uruguay's salsa Caruso. It is also made with ham alone, with white sauce, or with half cream and half tomato sauce.
- 30 minTime
- 24 minHands-on
- 4Portions
- ≈ $ 3.050per portion
- 880kcal per portion
Ingredients for 4 portions
- 500 gPasta
- 2 tbspButter
- 1Yellow onion, finely chopped
- 250 gMushroom, sliced
- 200 gHam, in strips
- 300 mlDouble cream
- to tasteNutmeg
- 60 gGrated cheese
- to tasteSalt
- to tasteBlack pepper
Method
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil for the pasta.
- Meanwhile, chop the onion, slice the mushrooms and cut the ham into strips.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan and fry the onion for 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and fry over a high heat for 5 minutes, until browned and their liquid has evaporated.
- Cook the pasta until al dente, following the packet instructions, about 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add the ham to the frying pan, pour in the cream and simmer gently for 3–4 minutes, until the sauce has thickened slightly. Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta, toss it in the sauce and serve sprinkled with the grated cheese.
The cost is estimated from average prices in Argentina (INDEC, Precios al consumidor de una selección de alimentos, bebidas y otros artículos: Gran Buenos Aires (GBA; INDEC publishes no national average). Brought forward with the GBA food CPI (IPC, Alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas)., 2026-08).
