Hazelnut Cream Spaghetti with Balsamic Mushroom, Roasted Tomatoes and Kale
Mar 29, 2017 (Last updated Sep 12, 2021) by Hannah Sunderani
Hazelnut Cream Spaghetti with Balsamic Mushroom, Roasted Tomatoes and Kale
It’s springtime and I’ve got spaghetti on my mind! This Hazelnut Cream Spaghetti with Balsamic Mushroom, Roasted Tomatoes and Kale is the perfect mid-week dish that will have you rethinking your weeknight dining. Open another bottle of Chardonnay because this dish is calling its name.
Everyone knows that a quick google search for “easy weeknight dinner recipes” illicit numerous pasta recipes under 30 minutes. We get it, spaghetti is simple; and there’s no denying that mid-week we need easy. There is nothing we want less than to spend two hours in the kitchen cooking dinner after a long days work. But, just because spaghetti is quick and easy does not mean it can’t be gourmet!
If there is anything I have learned from living in France it’s that meal time should never be compromised. Yes, it can be more time efficient, but our taste buds always deserve a delicious chef worthy meal. I kid you not, the level of importance the French place on meal time is something to envy. I’ve seen it with my own eyes; two hour lunches midweek, consisting of three course meals with wine and cheese. It’s is a way of life. And although I haven’t yet been able to commit myself to mid-week long lunches I have been able to utilize this respect for gourmet into my weeknight dinners.
Enter this Hazelnut Cream Spaghetti with Balsamic Mushroom, Roasted Tomatoes and Kale! This spaghetti recipe is an easy one to toss together, and is full of umami! It drizzles hazelnut cream over the spaghetti for a thick, rich and gourmet sauce. Then adds pan-fried balsamic glazed mushrooms, roasted tomatoes and kale. Twirl this medley onto a fork and welcome to restaurant “Chez Moi.” It is sooo decadent you won’t believe the level of ease and speed. I love mid-week dishes that are quick to toss together like this one, but can also double as a rich and tantalizing dinner night with friends. You know those Friday mornings when hubby forget to mention he invited his boss and wife over for dinner? Goodbye panic; hello hostess with the mostest.
So pour another glass of vino, and another scoop of this tantalizing Hazelnut Cream Spaghetti with Balsamic Mushroom, Roasted Tomatoes and Kale. Just because we have work tomorrow doesn’t mean our taste buds can’t party it up.
Bon appetit!
Creamy Hazelnut Spaghetti with Roasted Veg
Ingredients
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup neutral oil (grapeseed or avocado oil) more or less
- 1 cup cremini mushrooms chopped
- 2 cups kale tightly packed
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 17.6 oz whole wheat spaghetti noodles 500g
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
Hazelnut Cream Sauce
- 3/4 cup hazelnuts soaked overnight
- 1 1/2 cups water reserved from pasta water
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 lemon juiced
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F. Paint cherry tomatoes with 1 tbspoil and place in oven to roast for 20 minutes, or until bright and bursted.
- In a separate pan, add mushrooms and toss with 2 tbsp oiland balsamic vinegar. Cook in oven for 30 minutes.
- In a large pot bring water to a boil. Cook spaghetti untiljust al-dente. Strain spaghetti reserving the pasta water for the hazelnutcream sauce, and toss spaghetti back into pot. Drizzle with a splash ofreserved water and cover with lid to stop from drying out.
- In a blender prepare your hazelnut cream sauce: add soakedhazelnuts, 1 1/2 cups reserved pasta water, garlic cloves, nutritional yeast,the juice of one lemon, and pinch sea salt and pepper. Blend until smooth and creamy.Pour sauce sauce over spaghetti. Add more reserved pasta water to thin sauce ifdesired. Then stir in your mushrooms and kale, and cherry tomatoes.
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