Creamy Bacon & Mushroom Cavatappi
with Scallions & Parmesan
- Wheat
- Milk
If you’re mad for mushrooms, a fan of fungi, or crazy for creminis, this pasta will treat you right: it’s loaded with ’shroom slices. They’re the flavor backbone of this recipe, bringing all those deep, earthy flavors that you know and love. We’ve added springy cavatappi spirals, a creamy garlic herb sauce, and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese (mushrooms, pasta, and dairy are pretty much best friends, after all). Get ready for this umami bomb to make waves at your dinner table.
Ingredients
8 ounce
Button Mushrooms
2 unit
Scallions
6 ounce
Cavatappi Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit
Milk
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Garlic Herb Butter
(Contains: Milk)
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
4 ounce
Bacon
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Trim and slice mushrooms into 1⁄4-inch-thick pieces. (Skip if your mushrooms are pre-sliced!) Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
Heat a large dry pan over medium- high heat. Add bacon*; cook, turning occasionally and adjusting heat if browning too quickly, until crispy, 6-10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Once bacon is cool enough to handle, roughly chop. Wipe out pan.
• Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and slightly crispy, 5-7 minutes. • Turn off heat; transfer to a paper-towel- lined plate. Wash out pan.
Use pan used for bacon.
• Once water is boiling, add cavatappi to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. • Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
• While pasta cooks, melt 2 TBSP plain butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in pan used for mushrooms over medium- high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until just softened, 1 minute. • Add flour and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. • Whisk in milk and 1⁄4 cup reserved pasta cooking water (1⁄2 cup for 4), breaking up any flour clumps. Simmer until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.
• Stir cream cheese into pan with sauce until melted and combined. • Stir in mushrooms, drained cavatappi, and garlic herb butter. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.
Stir in bacon along with mushrooms.
• Divide pasta between bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan and scallion greens. Serve.
Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved this dish, calling it "amazingly delicious" and "superb," though some found it a bit bland and suggested adding more spice.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised the recipe as "super easy to make" and "easy to prepare," making it a popular choice.
- Suggestions: Consider using baby bella mushrooms for more flavor, and don't be shy with the seasoning to boost taste 🍲.
- Portions: Opinions varied; some found it very filling with "so much food," while others felt portions were a bit small.
Reviews from our home cooks
Soooo good! And super easy to make. Like it so much I'm gonna add to my fav list.
There is so much food for this recipe. I love how filling it is.
This recipe was really good, but we didn't realize how much fat it contained! Over 60g a serving! For medical reasons, we are trying to keep it low, but it's harder when we have to click into each recipe and check the label to see if it's low-fat or not. More filtering options for the menus would be very helpful!
The meal was superb! The mushrooms were not fresh. They were so close to going bad that I almost threw them out.
Baby Bella mushroom would be better. The white button mushrooms don't have any flavor. More bacon!
There are no instructions on how to cook my bacon.
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