Chestnut Pappardelle With Cremini Mushrooms White Wine And Parmigiano Reggiano Food

CHESTNUT PAPPARDELLE WITH CREMINI MUSHROOMS, WHITE WINE, AND PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO

Steps:

• Whisk flour, chestnut flour, and salt in a bowl; stir in 3 tablespoons olive oil, eggs, and egg yolks to make a smooth dough. Form dough into a ball, wrap in a cloth towel, and let rest for 1 hour.
• Roll pasta into thin 5x12-inch sheets on a floured work surface; cut sheets into 1x12-inch ribbons. Let pappardelle pasta dry on a kitchen towel sprinkled with flour while you complete remaining steps.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir leeks, shallot, and garlic until white part of leeks becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a separate skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms in hot olive oil until the liquid evaporates and mushrooms turn golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Mix mushrooms into leek mixture.
• Stir white wine into mushroom-leek mixture and scrape up and dissolve any browned bits of food on the bottom of the skillet. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer mushroom-leek mixture until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the pappardelle pasta at a boil until tender and pasta floats to the top of the water, about 5 minutes; drain. Transfer pasta to a serving bowl, toss lightly with mushroom-leek mixture and parsley, and top with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

PAPPARDELLE WITH CHICKEN, MUSHROOMS, & WINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Saute mushrooms in butter in a large ovenproof saute pan over med-high heat, stirring frequently. When they soften and give off liquid, reduce heat to med, cook until liquid evaporates.
• Stir in the first 1/2 cup of red wine. increase the heat to high and boil until most of the wine evaporates, remove and set aside. wipe out pan and return it to the stove top.
• Brown the chicken in butter and oil(may need to do this in batches) in the saute pan over med heat, remove and set aside.
• Saute the pancetta in the pan drippings, cooking until it begins to brown. add the onion and fennel, cooking until the onion softens and fennel begins to brown. Stir in garlic and cook 2-3 minutes more. Increase heat to high and stir in the next 1/2 cup wine and sage. Remove from heat and add the sauteed mushrooms.
• Return the chicken to the pan, cover tightly, transfer to the oven and bake until the meat is tender and the internal temp is 170°F, about 40 minutes. Remove from heat oven and stir in vinegar.
• While chicken is in the oven prepare papardelle according to package directions; drain.
• Serve parpardelle with chicken and mushroom sauce.

PAPPARDELLE WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash and dry mushrooms thoroughly and slice thin.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet.
• Add garlic and sauté over medium heat about 1 minute.
• When garlic begins to color, add sliced mushrooms.
• Sauté mushrooms over high heat until lightly colored.
• Add wine.
• Cook until wine is reduced by half, stirring constantly.
• Add parsley and cook 1 minute longer.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Fill a very large saucepan two-thirds full with salted water.
• Bring water to a boil.
• Add pasta.
• Bring water back to a boil and cook pasta uncovered until 'al dente'.
• Drain pasta and place in skillet with sauce; add butter.
• Toss pasta, sauce and butter over medium heat until sauce coats pasta, 20 to 30 seconds.
• Serve immediately.

PAPPARDELLE WITH MUSHROOMS AND TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak porcini in hot water until softened, about 30 minutes. Lift out porcini, squeezing excess liquid back into bowl, then rinse porcini to remove any grit and finely chop. Pour soaking liquid through a sieve lined with a dampened paper towel into a small bowl and reserve.
• Heat oil in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion and pancetta, stirring, until golden, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and fresh mushrooms and sauté, stirring, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated and mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in porcini, reserved soaking liquid, and Sherry and boil, uncovered, until most of liquid is evaporated, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes with juices, bay leaves, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in cream, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 45 minutes. Discard bay leaves.
• Cook pappardelle in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente, then drain. 3Stir basil and parsley into sauce, then toss pappardelle with just enough sauce to coat. Serve with cheese.
• *Available at specialty foods shops and some supermarkets.