Mushroom Mafaldine

Hi All! Sharing my mushroom mafaldine pasta recipe that I made for dinner today. My sister is vegetarian so I try to make vegetarian friendly pastas, if not I’ll be making vongole and carbonara all day 🤣

Recipe:
– dried porcini mushrooms
– dried shiitake mushrooms
– Fresh mushrooms of choice
– Garlic (sliced and minced)
– Butter
– Olive oil
– White wine
– Mafaldine pasta
– Parmigiano for topping
– Italian parsley
– Optional: heavy cream

1. Rehydrate the dried mushrooms for about 30min, and pass the mushroom water through a coffee filter, keep about half a cup of it.
2. Slice some of the dried mushrooms (for plating later) and use a food processor to mince the rest into a fine paste (can add some olive oil).
3. Fry sliced garlic and set aside for garnish.
4. Using the oil from earlier, fry minced garlic on low heat.
5. Add dried mushrooms paste and sliced dried mushrooms, and add butter.
6. Stir fry then add white wine (optional) and the mushroom water. Let it simmer on low heat.
7. Meanwhile, fry the fresh mushrooms separately (i fry separately because they release water).
8. Boil your pasta till 1min before al dente. Pasta water can be lightly salted as there will be alot of umami from mushrooms.
9. Add your pasta to the garlic mushroom white wine sauce and add some pasta water, let the pasta cook to al dente.
10. Add black pepper and parmigiano.
11. For a more creamy taste you can add heavy cream, or if you want it fancier, maybe some truffle oil.
12. Plate and add the mushrooms and fried garlic around it and grate more parmigiano!