Angel Hair Pasta With Whipped Cream And Porcini Recipe
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Ingredients : Angel Hair Pasta With Whipped Cream And Porcini Recipe
1/2 oz Dried porcini mushrooms
3 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup Chopped shallots
3/4 lb Fresh mushrooms, chopped
1/2 pt Whipping cream - (1 cup)
3/4 lb Angel hair pasta
1/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
Salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Place the porcini in a small bowl and add 1/2 cup warm water. Allow to
soak 45 minutes. Drain, reserving the liquid.
Heat a large frying pan. Add the oil and shallots and saute a minute.
Add the fresh mushrooms and saute until tender.
Chop the porcini coarsely and add to the frying pan along with the
reserved liquid. Simmer until most of the liquid is evaporated.
Bring a large pot of water to boil along with a pinch of salt.
In a separate bowl whip the cream until it holds soft peaks.
Refrigerate the whipped cream until the pasta is cooked.
Cook the pasta in the boiling water until al dente. Drain well.
Return the drained pasta to the pot and add the mushroom mixture,
cheese, whipped cream and salt and pepper to taste.
Using a large spatula fold all the ingredients together. Do this
quickly, yet carefully, so the whipped cream doesn't collapse entirely.
You may want to save a bit of the whipped cream to dollop on top of the
pasta as a garnish.
Serve immediately. Serves 4 to 6 as a main course.
Comments: I think this is a very clever dish, and I can say that
because I did not invent it. My assistant Craig Wollam came up with this
wonderful recipe.
Incidentally, you don't have to buy expensive Italian dried porcini.
You can find dried mushrooms from South America that are very good -- and
much cheaper.
Recipe Source:
THE FRUGAL GOURMET by Jeff Smith
From the 10-07-1992 issue - The Springfield Union-News
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD -
jpmd44a@prodigy.com -or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net
08-27-1995
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 474 Calories; 13g Fat (25.2%
calories from fat); 15g Protein; 74g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 4mg
Cholesterol; 105mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat;
1 1/2 Vegetable; 2 1/2 Fat.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Craig Wollam
Preparation Time: 0:00
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