Cream of mushroom pasta
Ingredients
- 300g mushrooms, sliced
- 250g oyster mushrooms
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 banana shallots, finely chopped
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 bunch parsley, stems finely diced
- 1 glass white wine
- 100g dried porcini
- 250ml cream
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp miso paste
- 300g spaghetti
Steps
- Pour 500ml of boiling water over the dried mushrooms. Stir, then cover.
- Dry fry the mushrooms and ½ the oyster mushrooms with salt on high heat to release moisture. Once golden add olive oil.
- Add the shallot and fry until translucent. Add the garlic, parsley stalks and butter and fry until fragrant.
- Strain the dried mushrooms, slice then add to the pan, frying on a high heat for several minutes.
- Pour in the wine and allow to cook off, scraping off any caramelised bits from the pan.
- Add 250ml of the porcini mushroom stock. Meanwhile cook pasta in salted water according to package instructions.
- Add the cream, mustard and miso. Stir in. Season to taste.
- Fry the remaining oyster mushrooms in olive oil until golden crisp on each side.
- Once the pasta is al dente, add to the sauce with the parsley and some pasta water.
- Stir to combine, serve in bowls, top with the crispy mushrooms, more parsley & lots of black pepper.
