Mushroom

Porcini Mushroom Pasta

February 11, 2012
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  • Serves 4
Author Notes

This is a recipe I created for my boyfriend during his self-imposed vegetarian month. The use of porcini mushrooms makes it more of a special occasion meal, but you could easily substitute other mushrooms for the porcini and substitute stock for the porcini soaking liquid. —Oops! Were you gonna eat that?

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 onion, chopped (or two shallots)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
  • 6-8 ounces other mixed mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
  • splash white wine
  • Porcini soaking liquid
  • Zest from half a small lemon
  • 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan
  • 1/3 cup freshly chopped flat leaf parsley
  • 3/4 pound linguine
Directions
  1. Cover porcini with 1 cup of very hot water, let soak 20-30 min. Drain, but save the soaking liquid.
  2. Sauté garlic and onion in olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat until softening, about 5 minutes. Add thyme leaves and stir for 30 seconds. Add the porcini and mixed mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper. Sauté on medium high heat for 5-8 minutes, until mushrooms are softening and have given up their liquid.
  3. Deglaze with a splash of white wine, let wine burn off. Add the porcini soaking liquid and sauté/reduce until most of the liquid is gone, about 8 minutes. Zest half a small lemon into the mushrooms.
  4. Meanwhile cook the pasta in salted water, reserve some of the pasta cooking liquid.
  5. When the pasta is al dente, toss with the mushroom mixture, blanket with parmesan (I often use more than 1/3 cup, hehe), adding some of the pasta cooking liquid if necessary. Top with parsley.

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2 Reviews

Oops! W. February 11, 2012
Why thank you! I could honestly eat this every night :) Btw, while I've just worked up the courage to post my own recipes to Food52, I have been enjoying the site for a while, including many of your drool-worthy breads :)
 
AntoniaJames February 11, 2012
This looks fabulous! I bet it would be great over polenta. Totally my idea of comfort food. Love it. ;o)