Spelt Pasta with Roasted Turnips and Mushrooms

Allison Day

by | Updated: January 2nd, 2018

Few dishes are more comforting than a big bowl of spaghetti. But the old standard needs an upgrade every once in a while. Pack whole grain nutrition and gourmet flair into your next serving with this recipe. Simply top a bed of nutty and nutritious spelt noodles with saffron-roasted turnips and dried mushrooms. You can’t really go wrong with a dish served in a bowl, can you?

Mushroom and Turnip Spaghetti with Saffron

Spelt Pasta with Roasted Turnips and Mushrooms

Ingredients

1 (10-ounce) large turnip, peeled and cut into small cubes
4 oz. spelt spaghetti (can use whole grain or gluten-free pasta of choice)
1 oz. dried, mixed wild mushrooms
¼ tsp. salt, plus more to taste
¼ tsp. (hefty pinch) saffron
½ cup recently boiled water
2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
Fresh rosemary needles, to serve

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Toss turnips with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, saffron and salt. Roast on a large-rimmed baking sheet for 30-35 minutes. Turnips should be tender and golden when done.
  3. In a large bowl, soak mushrooms with boiling water for 15 minutes.
  4. Cook pasta according to package directions. Once cooked, drain water and add pasta back to pot.
  5. Add remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to pot, along with roasted turnips, mushrooms (including the soaking water) and balsamic vinegar. Add additional salt, if desired.
  6. Garnish with rosemary needles. Serve hot.
Allison Day

Allison Day is a nutritionist and recipe developer with a passion for creating simple, approachable, fresh and colorful whole food dishes. Her food writing, recipes, food styling and photography and nutrition advice have appeared in print and online publications such as alive, Prevention, Kris Carr, BuzzFeed, MindBodyGreen, BlogHer, The Kitchn, Epicurious, Well+Good NYC as well as on Cityline, Canada's number one daytime show. Clean Wellness is for anyone who wants to make healthy, sustainable and conscious choices about food. Allison’s vegetable-focused creations are created to be pleasing to all dietary preferences—no taste bud is left behind!