Garlic, miso & mushroom pasta

This is a simple vegan pasta dish. It’s basically garlic mushrooms with some miso, chilli and parsley for extra flavour. This will serve 2.

Start by putting a pan of salted water on to cook about 200 – 250g of pasta. While the water is heating chop about 200-250g of mushrooms, and fry in some olive oil with a couple of pinches of salt, then peel and chop about 5 cloves of garlic and add them to the frying pan. Gently fry them while the pasta is cooking. Slice a couple of large dried chillies and add them to the frying pan and a good grind of black pepper. When the pasta is almost done add a good tbsp. of miso pasta and a splash more olive oil to the pan. Drain the pasta and reserve a cup of the pasta water, add about half of it to the mushrooms it will create a sauce with the miso. Add the drained pasta and a handful of chopped parsley. Stir until the pasta absorbed the sauce and the parsley wilts. If the pasta seems dry add a bit more of the water. Serve garnish ed with a bit more parsley. I served it on a bed of rockets with some sautéed cherry tomatoes.