Pasta with eggplant and mushrooms in a creamy sauce

Pasta with eggplant and mushrooms in a creamy sauce is a delicious and simple Italian-style dish. A silky sauce of mushrooms fried with eggplant and cream, seasoned with garlic and thyme, goes well with boiled pasta. The dish turns out rich, with an interesting texture and very fragrant.

Ingredients

• Pasta - 200 g
• Champignons - 150 g
• Eggplant - 150 g (1 pc.)
• Cream with a fat content of 20-30% - 200 ml
• Garlic - 2-3 cloves
• Fresh thyme - 3-4 sprigs
• or dried thyme - 1/3 teaspoon or to taste
• Salt - to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste
• Olive oil - 1 tbsp. the spoon
• Butter - 15 g
• For submission:
• Hard cheese (I have parmesan) - 50 g

Directions

1. Prepare the ingredients.
2. Instead of fresh thyme, you can use dried thyme (1/3 teaspoon or to taste).
3. Bring 2 liters of water to a boil in a saucepan. Add a pinch of salt, stir.
4. Place pasta in boiling water. Cook the pasta until tender, 8-10 minutes or according to the time indicated on the package (don't overcook it!).
5. Drain cooked pasta into a colander.
6. While the pasta is cooking, prepare the ingredients for the sauce.
7. Rinse the mushrooms, pat dry and cut into quarters.
8. Wash the eggplant, cut off the edges, remove the skin. Cut the pulp into small cubes.
9. Heat olive oil in a frying pan, add butter to it. Let the butter melt.
10. Put the mushrooms in the pan and fry until golden brown, 7-10 minutes.
11. Send the chopped eggplant to the mushrooms and, stirring, fry for 7-10 minutes or until the desired softness.
12. Peel and chop the garlic cloves with a knife. Strip the leaves from the thyme sprigs.
13. Add garlic and thyme to the skillet. Stir and continue cooking for 1 more minute.
14. Pour in the cream, add salt and pepper to taste (a pinch each). Stir and bring to a boil.
15. Add cooked pasta to skillet, mix well and remove from heat.
16. Pasta with eggplant and mushrooms in a creamy sauce is ready.
17. Sprinkle each serving with grated hard cheese and fresh thyme (or other herb) leaves before serving.
18. Bon appetit!