Can you help me flavour this pasta dish?

JennyW_2

I found a recipe yesterday for a pasta dish consisting of creme fresh, spinach and mushrooms.

Basically this is what it said to do:

1. Cook pasta
2. toast some breadcrumbs and then mix with lemon juice, garlic and parsley and set aside
3. Gently fry mushrooms
4. Add the mushrooms, spinach and creme fresh to the pasta and mix well and then stir in half the breadcrumb mix
5. Put on plate and put the remainder of the breadcrumbs on the dish.

The texture was very nice but I felt it lacked flavour - it was a bit bland. Can anyone suggest what I could add to help this dish?

BB1984

I really like grated nutmeg in creamy sauces, and it goes really well with spinach especially.

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Bongedone

Some grated parmesan mixed through may help also.

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

you can replace some of your creme fraiche with cream cheese-the herb/garlic ones and own brands are fine
I also tend to put a dollop of wholegrain mustard in too

kiwifruit_2

slices of salami or anything like that is really nice mixed in as well.....
smoked salmon flaked through it - beautiful lol....best thing with this kind of recipe is that you can experiment with almost anything.....

davetrousers

A little bit of pesto?

dixie_dean_2

Good suggestions. You could add a little more of the ingredients already in there (mainly the garlic, lemon and parsley) or, loving meat, some nice smokey bacon/lardons would work well. Was it well seasoned - maybe just more s and p required? I did hear one chef say that he felt nutmeg should be used with all pasta dishes, almost as a replacement for pepper, so the opening suggestion would be good. Its powerful stuff though so I would do lots of tasting as you add it.

cashwise_2

Like Kiwifruit, I think smoked salmon will do the trick. You could also try capers or anchovies

hoglet121

Can't do wrong with some good old salt and pepper, works a treat everytime

BeeBeeBee_3

I agree with the parmesan suggestion - or perhaps a bit of minced chilli?