Fresh Mushroom Fettuccine Food

FETTUCCINE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium heat. Salt the water, add the pasta and cook to al dente. Heads up: Remove and reserve 1 cup of cooking water just before draining.
• Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and saute until deeply browned and tender, 12 to 15 minutes, adding the garlic, thyme, and sage midway through the cooking. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper, to taste, and a little freshly grated nutmeg. Deglaze the pan with the Marsala and stir for 30 seconds. Stir in the cream, (or if you prefer, top the pasta with a dollop of ricotta at serving time). Stir in the reserved pasta cooking water, about 1 cup if using ricotta, and just enough to thin out the sauce to your liking if using cream.
• Drain the pasta and toss with sauce, parsley, and cheese. Transfer the pasta to a serving bowls and top each with a dollop of ricotta, if using, for mixing into the fettuccine as you eat.

FRESH MUSHROOM FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Cook and drain fettuccine as directed on package; return to pan.
• Add remaining ingredients; toss until fettuccine is coated with oil.

FETTUCCINE WITH WILD MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place porcini in medium bowl; add 3 cups hot water. Let soak until soft, about 30 minutes. Drain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid.
• Melt butter with oil in large deep skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; sauté until beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Add fresh mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover; cook until tender, stirring often, about 6 minutes. Add drained porcini. Cover; cook 2 minutes. Uncover; sauté 2 minutes longer. Mix in 3 tablespoons parsley; season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover mushroom sauce and soaking liquid separately and refrigerate.
• Add cooked fettuccine and 1/2 cup cheese to mushroom sauce in skillet. Toss over medium heat until heated, cheese melts, and sauce coats pasta, adding reserved mushroom soaking liquid as needed if dry. Mix in remaining 3 tablespoons parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to large bowl and serve with more cheese.
• *Available in the produce section of many supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Italian markets.

MUSHROOM FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Salt the water well and add a splash of oil to prevent the pasta from sticking. When the water is boiling, add the pasta, giving it a quick stir to separate the noodles.
• Meanwhile, in a heavy skillet, heat the olive oil on medium high, when the oil is hot, add the butter, and when it foams, add the garlic. Cook, stirring until the garlic is fragrant, then add mushrooms and turn the heat to high. Cook and stir until the mushrooms begin to brown, then add the sherry if using, stirring until the wine evaporates. Reduce the heat to medium and add the soy sauce, and remove from heat until the pasta is ready.
• Return the skillet to medium heat and using tongs, lift the pasta from the pot, directly into the skillet, use tongs to mix the mushroom mixture into the pasta, season with salt and pepper and place on serving plates and serve.

FETTUCCINE WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Soak porcini in cup of boiling water 30 minutes. Trim stalks from the fresh mushrooms, wash off grit under cold running water and slice into one-and-a-half-inch pieces.
• Using a large skillet, soften the garlic and the shallots in two tablespoons butter and oil. Meanwhile, bring six quarts salted water to a boil.
• Strain the porcini through a paper towel, reserving the soaking liquid. Chop the porcini and add them to the skillet with the thyme, salt and pepper and white wine. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes. Add the porcini cooking liquid and continue to cook over moderate heat until it has almost evaporated.
• Meanwhile, cook the fettuccine until al dente. Drain and toss in a heated bowl with the remaining tablespoon butter (you could use truffle oil instead).
• Over moderate heat, stir the creme fraiche into the mushrooms. Correct seasoning and pour them over the fettuccine. Toss, sprinkle with parsley and serve. Pass the cheese separately.

MUSHROOM HAM FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute the ham, mushrooms and garlic in 3 tablespoons butter. Meanwhile, cook fettuccine according to package directions; drain. Melt the remaining butter in a large saucepan. Stir in the fettuccine, Parmesan cheese, sour cream and pepper. Add the ham mixture; toss to coat.

FETTUCCINE WITH WILD MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine water and porcini in medium bowl. Let stand until porcini soften, about 40 minutes. Drain; reserve soaking liquid. Chop porcini coarsely.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add fresh mushrooms and garlic and sauté until brown, about 6 minutes. Add porcini and sauté until fragrant, about 4 minutes. Add butter and thyme; stir 1 minute. Add broth and 1 1/4 cup reserved mushroom soaking liquid. Boil until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Mix in 4 tablespoons cheese. (Can be prepared 1 hour ahead. Let stand at room temperature.)
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite. Bring sauce to simmer over medium-high heat.
• Drain pasta. Add to sauce; toss. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer pasta to bowl. Top with 4 tablespoons cheese.

FETTUCCINE WITH ROASTED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil. Brush the foil with about a teaspoon of the oil and scatter the garlic and thyme over the foil.
• Remove and discard the stems from the mushrooms. Place the mushroom caps stem side down in a single layer on the baking sheet. Roast the mushrooms for 30 minutes.
• Remove the mushroom caps from the oven and slice them into slivers about a fourth of an inch wide. Chop the garlic and the thyme from the baking sheet. This much of the recipe can be prepared up to 4 hours in advance.
• Shortly before serving, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the fettuccine about three minutes. Drain it well, then place it in a shallow saucepan or a skillet. Add the mushrooms, chopped thyme and garlic and the remaining olive oil. Cook over low heat a few minutes, tossing the noodles gently, to mix all of the ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper, gently fold in the parsley and serve the fettuccine alongside the monkfish.

MUSHROOM FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• In a good size skillet with a tight fitting lid, melt 2 tablespoons of butter on medium heat. when melted, add olive oil and shallots. cook shallots until tender and slightly carmelized. Then add the minced garlic.
• Add the mushrooms and mix together until they start to cook down. If the pan appears dry, add a little more olive oil as needed. Cover and Cook until the mushrooms are tender, about 6-7 minutes.
• Once the mushrooms are tender, Add the salt, pepper, allspice and sherry. Cook for several minutes until the mushrooms absorb some of the liquid.
• Raise the heat a little and add the cream and remaining butter. Stir frequently until the sauce starts to bubble and thicken, then reduce the heat back to medium and add the cheese and parsley, incorporating all ingredients together, adding the cheese gradually. Do not add the cheese all at once or it will not melt properly and clump in the sauce. Add it in about 3-4 additions. Stir until the sauce is thick.
• Serve over fettuccine that is cooked al dente.
• NOTE- This recipe can easily be halved for a quick romantic dinner for 2!

MUSHROOM PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine according to package directions. , In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until mushrooms are tender, 5-7 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Stir in wine. Cook and stir until reduced by half. Stir in cream, stock, sherry, rosemary, basil, thyme, salt, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 15-20 minutes. Drain fettuccine. Serve sauce over pasta. Garnish with parsley.

FRESH MUSHROOM FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add salt and cook fettuccine al dente per package directions; drain; rinse with cold water; drain again.
• Toss fettuccine and remaining ingredients.