Monday Mushroom Pasta
Ingredients
- 200- 300g dried pasta⠀
- 4 cloves of garlic - crushed ⠀
- 3 shallots - finely chopped ⠀
- 250g mushrooms sliced ⠀
- 2 tablespoons dried porcini mushrooms - soaked in boiling water
- 25g parmesan cheese - pecorino for veggies ( check the label)
- 2 heaped tablespoons of creme fraiche
Preparation
Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of cooking water
Meanwhile, sauté the shallots in olive oil for 5 minutes
Add the garlic and stir
Now add the mushrooms
Season with sea salt and pepper, and cook for roughly 5 minutes, stirring regularly
Add the porcini mushrooms along with 2 tablespoons of the liquid (don’t use the gritty bit at the bottom)
Toss the drained pasta into the mushroom pan with a splash of the reserved cooking water
Grate in most of the parmesan and stir in the creme fraiche, gently heat and finish with a final grating of parmesan
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