Pappardelle with Mushrooms
Pappardelle with Mushrooms takes about 40 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe makes 4 servings with 396 calories, 15g of protein, and 15g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a main course. If you have pappardelle pasta, exotic mushroom blend, sage, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the heavy whipping cream you could follow this main course with the Watermelon Cake as a dessert.
Instructions
Rinse porcini thoroughly.
Combine porcini and 2/3 cup boiling water in a bowl; cover and let stand 30 minutes.
Drain in a sieve over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup soaking liquid. Chop porcini.
Cook pasta with 1 tablespoon salt in boiling water 10 minutes or until al dente; drain in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add shallots, mushroom blend, and garlic; saut 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in porcini, sherry, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook 1 minute or until the liquid evaporates.
Finely grate 1 ounce cheese; crumble remaining cheese. Reduce heat to medium. Stir pasta, 1/4 cup reserved cooking liquid, 1/4 cup reserved porcini soaking liquid, 1/4 cup grated cheese, cream, chopped sage, and pepper into mushroom mixture; toss well to combine.
Drizzle with truffle oil; toss.
Place about 1 1/4 cups pasta mixture on each of 4 plates; top each serving with about 1 tablespoon crumbled cheese.
Garnish with sage leaves, if desired.