Strozzapreti With Mushrooms And Ricotta Recipes

CREAMY MUSHROOM AND RICOTTA PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Season with salt. It should be as salty as the sea. Cook fettuccine until aldente. Drain, do not rinse, and reserve pasta water.
• Place a large skillet over a medium-high heat. Add butter. Once the butter begins to brown on the edges, start to swirl the pan. Swirl until the butter becomes a deep brown color and smells nutty. Turn the heat down to medium and add mushrooms. Cook mushrooms until brown, about 3-4 minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and garlic, cook 1 minute. Add sherry. Simmer until reduce by half.
• Turn the heat down to a medium-low heat. Add cooked pasta, ricotta, remaining salt and about 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water. Toss until ricotta has coated pasta. Add parmesan cheese, toss again until cheese has melted. Season pasta with salt and pepper. Garnish with more parmesan cheese.

BAKED MUSHROOMS WITH RICOTTA & PESTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Choose an ovenproof dish big enough to take all the mushrooms in one layer and generously brush it with 1 tbsp of the oil.
• Trim the mushroom stalks level with their caps, if you need to, then put the mushrooms, rounded cap side down, in the dish. Mix the ricotta, pesto and garlic and spoon into the mushrooms (there's enough to pile it up quite high). Sprinkle over the Parmesan and drizzle over the rest of the oil.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until the mushrooms are soft all the way through and the cheese is just starting to turn golden. If this doesn't happen, put the dish under a preheated grill for a few minutes. If the mushrooms have given off a lot of juice after baking, you can drain some of it off.
• To serve, blob a little pesto on top of each mushroom and scatter with the parsley. Serve hot or at room temperature.

STROZZAPRETI WITH MUSHROOMS AND RICOTTA

Steps:

• Soffritto:
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery and cook, stirring often, until lightly golden, 5-8 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring often, until vegetables have reduced in volume by two-thirds, 15-20 minutes. Add paprika and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl.
• Pasta:
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of mushrooms; season with salt and pepper. Cook, tossing, until browned and softened, 8-10 minutes; transfer to a bowl. Repeat with 2 tablespoons oil and remaining mushrooms; reserve skillet.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 8-10 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in reserved skillet over medium-low heat. Cook garlic, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Toss in soffritto, mushrooms, pasta, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons chives, and half of Parmesan, thinning with pasta cooking liquid as needed; season with salt and pepper. Serve topped with ricotta, eggs, if using, more chives, and remaining Parmesan and drizzle with oil.