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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

SpaghettiFunghiPorcini


This is my first "edible" pasta ever. Edible in the sense that it satisfied the palet of my worst critics, no less than my three siblings and my three-year-old picky niece (who enjoyed cooking with me).

Spaghetti with pricey Italian mushroom called Porcini.

1c dried porcini mushroom
2c hot water
1large onion, thinly sliced
4cloves garlic, thinly sliced
3tbsp olive oil
1c dry white wine
1pc chicken/beef broth cubes
1tsp chicken powder
1/8c butter
1c whipping cream*

500g durum wheat spaghetti, cooked al dente to package instruction

1. Soak dried porcini mushroom in hot water for about 30 minutes. The water will turn dark. Set aside.
2. Heat a large pan, sautee garlic and onion in olive oil.
3. Remove mushroom from the water, add to the pan and let if cook for a minute.
4. Strain the remaining water to remove sandy residue of the mushroom and add it to the pan. Simmer for a minute or two.
5. Add white wine, simmer to reduce.
6. Add broth cubes.
7. Add butter.
8. Add chicken powder.
9. Add salt and pepper to taste. It should be a bit salty as this will neutralize when the pasta is added.
10. Add cooked pasta, mix together then remove from heat.
11. Fold in cream.

*for cooking, my personal preference is this brand Arla whipping cream.

2 comments:

Sun Jun said...

wow ha! porcini hehehe
parang too vegetarian for me hehehe
parang porcini lang ang mapa.ak hehehe

Anonymous said...

it doesn't appeal as too vegetarian, it's sooo good, the kids even love it :)