Penne With Fontina And Mushrooms Food

POLENTA WITH FONTINA AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring 3 3/4 cups water, 1/4 cup heavy cream and 1 teaspoon kosher salt to a boil; whisk in 3/4 cup instant polenta. Reduce the heat to medium; cook, stirring occasionally, until creamy, 10 minutes. Stir in 1 cup grated fontina. Saute 12 ounces sliced mixed mushrooms and 2 teaspoons chopped rosemary in butter until tender, 6 minutes; stir in 1¿4 cup heavy cream and season with salt and pepper. Cook until thickened; toss with chopped parsley. Serve over the polenta.

PENNE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place the penne pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the garlic and mushrooms until mushrooms are tender. Season with salt and pepper, and mix in the butter.
• In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta and the mushroom mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and garnish with parsley to serve.

CREAMY MUSHROOM-FONTINA PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the pasta until al dente, according to the package directions. Drain and reserve ¾ cup of the cooking water.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté half of the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes; transfer to a plate. Repeat with 2 tablespoons butter and the remaining mushrooms, transferring them to the plate with the rest of the mushrooms.
• Add the shallots to skillet and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms back to the skillet, along with the wine; cook until the wine is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the reserved cooking liquid and bring to a boil. Stir in the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and season with 1 teaspoon salt.
• Reduce the heat to low and add the cooked pasta, cheese and parsley, tossing with the sauce until the pasta is coated and the cheese starts melting. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

CREAMY BAKED PENNE WITH CHICKEN, SPINACH, AND FONTINA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until the golden, about 2 minutes. Add both cans of the tomatoes, the heavy cream and 3/4 cup of water. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat slightly and simmer rapidly, uncovered, until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in the ricotta and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook the penne in the salted boiling water until very al dente, about 2 minutes less than the package directions. Drain the pasta and add it to a large bowl.
• Add the tomato sauce, spinach, rotisserie chicken, half of the fontina and pecorino and all of the basil to the bowl and stir well to combine. Transfer the pasta to a 3- to 4-quart baking dish and top with the remaining fontina and pecorino. Bake, uncovered, until browned, about 15 minutes. Let the pasta rest for about 10 minutes before serving.

PENNE WITH FONTINA AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 2-quart oval baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Heat large pot of lightly salted water to boiling. Add pasta and cook 11 minutes, according to package directions. 2. Meanwhile, heat 3 teaspoons of the oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook 4 minutes. Pour into large bowl; drain pasta and add to same bowl. 3. Combine Fontina, cream cheese and milk in the pasta pot over medium to medium-high heat. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, until cheeses are melted and sauce is smooth. Stir in salt, pepper and nutmeg. Remove from heat; pour into bowl with mushrooms and pasta. Stir to combine, then pour into prepared baking dish. 4. Melt butter and remaining 1 teaspoon oil in mushroom skillet over medium-high heat. Pulse bread in food processor until crumbs are formed. Add crumbs (about 1 cup) to butter mixture in skillet. Cook 2 minutes, stirring, until crumbs are just browned. Sprinkle over pasta. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

PENNE WITH OYSTER MUSHROOMS, PROSCIUTTO, AND MINT

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil.
• Add 1 T. salt and penne.
• Cook until barely tender to the bite.
• Drain; set aside.
• In the same pot, heat olive oil over high heat.
• Add mushrooms and remaining teaspoons salt and cook, stirring constantly, until mushrooms stop giving off liquid and start to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Turn heat to medium-high and add garlic.
• Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in chicken broth and penne and cook until broth is absorbed.
• Stir in cheese until melted and coating the pasta.
• Take off heat and stir in mint.
• Serve immediately, topped with prosciutto and pepper.

CREAMY MUSHROOM PENNE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne to the boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• At the same time, melt butter in a stockpot over medium-low heat. Add shallots; stir and cook for about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add mushrooms; cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle mushrooms with flour and stir to coat. Pour in chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Sprinkle some rosemary and thyme into your hand and crush herbs to release the oil. Add them to the pot on top of the mushrooms and stir. Add a grind of salt and pepper. Stir and taste.
• Pour heavy cream into the simmering pot and stir to combine. Let it cook and bubble up for a few moments, then mix in cream cheese and stir until cream cheese has melted. Taste. Remove pot from heat and stir in Parmesan cheese if the mixture needs a little more salt.
• Stir sauce again and add pasta. Stir. Turn out mixture into a large, wide-rimmed bowl. Sprinkle parsley on top. Serve hot.

BAKED CHEESY PASTA WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees. Trim the mushrooms and cut into 1-inch pieces. Toss with the olive oil, the salt, a few grinds of pepper and the rosemary. Spread on a large baking sheet and roast, tossing once or twice, until golden brown and crisped around the edges, 15 to 18 minutes. Discard rosemary.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for at least a few minutes less than the package directs. (You want the pasta very al dente; it will finish softening in the sauce.) Drain well.
• Turn oven up to 500 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together the cream, ricotta, fontina, Parmesan, sage, pepper, garlic and a pinch of salt. Stir in the pasta and mushrooms. Arrange in a shallow 2-quart gratin dish or 9- by 13-inch pan. Bake until cheese is melted and bubbly and browned in spots, 10 to 15 minutes.

BAKED PENNE AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 400 degrees. Fill a pasta pot with 6 quarts water, add 1 tablespoon salt, and heat to the boil. Shred the fontina through the larger holes of a hand grater, and toss the shreds with 1/2 cup of the Grana Padano. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter in a big skillet, and set it over medium-high heat. When the butter begins to bubble, drop in the mushroom slices, stir with the butter, season with the teaspoon salt, and spread the mushrooms out to cover the pan bottom. Let the mushrooms heat, without stirring, until they release their liquid and it comes to a boil.
• Cook the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, as they shrivel and the liquid rapidly evaporates. When the skillet bottom is completely dry, stir the half and half into the mushrooms, stir, and bring the sauce to a boil. Cook it rapidly for a minute or two to thicken slightly, then keep it warm over very low heat.
• Meanwhile, stir the penne into the boiling pasta water and cook until barely al dente. Ladle a cup of the pasta cooking water into the mushroom sauce and stir. Drain the pasta briefly, and drop into the cream-and-mushroom sauce. Toss the penne until all are nicely coated, then sprinkle over them the remaining 1/2 cup of Grana Padano (not mixed with fontina) and the chopped parsley. Toss to blend. Coat the bottom and sides of a baking dish with the last tablespoon of butter. Empty the skillet into the dish, spreading the penne and sauce to fill the dish completely in a uniform layer.
• Smooth the top, and sprinkle the mixed fontina-Grana Padano evenly all over. Set the dish in the oven, and bake 20 to 25 minutes, until the cheese topping is crusty and deep golden brown and the sauce is bubbling up at the edges. Set the hot baking dish on a trivet at the table, and serve family-style.