Woodsy Mushroom Pasta Recipes

CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a medium saucepan. Fry the onion over a low heat for 10 mins or until softened and translucent.
• Add the mushrooms and cook for 10 mins over a medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 2 mins. Add the wine and bring to a simmer, reduce the liquid by half.
• Add the double cream and bring to a simmer, then add the lemon zest and parmesan. Season with salt and plenty of black pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions. Reserve 100ml of the pasta water. Toss the pasta in the pan with the creamy sauce and enough of the reserved water to loosen. Stir through the parsley, divide into bowls and top with extra cheese, if you like.

WILD-MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Soak dried mushrooms in boiling-hot water in a bowl until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain in a paper-towel-lined sieve set over a bowl and reserve soaking liquid, then rinse soaked mushrooms. Pat dry and finely chop.
• Heat 3 tablespoons butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté fresh mushrooms with garlic, salt, and pepper, stirring occasionally, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated and mushrooms are browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in chopped soaked mushrooms and reserved mushroom-soaking liquid and simmer 1 minute, then remove from heat.
• Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente, about 5 minutes. Ladle out and reserve 1/4 cup pasta cooking water. Drain pasta in a colander, then add it to mushrooms in skillet. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and cook over moderately high heat, tossing and adding some pasta-cooking liquid if necessary to lightly coat, 1 minute. Add chives, parsley, lemon zest, and juice, then toss well. Serve immediately with cheese and pepper to taste.

WOODSY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti to al dente per package instructions, in salted water.
• While spaghetti is cooking, heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; add bacon.
• Cook, stirring often, until golden and crisp, about 4 minutes.
• Add garlic; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 4 minutes.
• Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water; transfer pasta to a large bowl.
• Pour enough of the pasta water into the mushroom mixture to make a sauce; cook, stirring, to dislodge any flavorful browned bits from the pan, about 1 minute.
• Stir in the butter.
• Add mushroom mixture to the pasta; toss.
• Sprinkle with parsley and pine nuts.
• Drizzle truffle oil over the pasta; toss.
• Pass the grated cheese at the table.

WOODSY MUSHROOM PASTA

Steps:

• cook pasta fry bacon, then add garlic and cook. Add butter, then mushrooms and cook until soft. Add enough pasta water into pan with mushrooms to make sauce, stirring up browned bits from pan. Pour sauce over pasta, add pine nuts, truffle oil, cheese and parsley