PASTA WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS
The key to giving a portobello (or any mushroom) dense texture is to cook it slowly in oil so that most of its moisture is driven out. My biggest successes came in taking whole mushrooms and cooking them, covered, for as long as two hours. Nearly as good, however, and more than twice as fast, is to cut up the mushrooms and cook them in oil, uncovered, for 30 to 45 minutes. At that point, you not only have fabulous mushrooms, which you can use in a pasta sauce, as I do here, or to top salads or stir into rice dishes, but you also have very good-flavored oil. To further improve the mushrooms' flavor, I like to use the trick popularized by Marcella Hazan: add a few reconstituted dried porcini to the portobellos.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories brunch, dinner, easy, lunch, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Trim hard parts from mushrooms and discard. Rinse mushrooms quickly to remove grit; cut caps into slices and stems into small chunks. Combine in a medium skillet with 1 clove garlic (crushed and peeled), thyme, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Cook over sufficiently low heat so that mixture bubbles but mushrooms do not brown. Continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until they are quite shrunken in size and appear firm, 30 to 45 minutes. (At this point, you can pause for several hours before resuming cooking.) If you are using porcinis, soak them in hot water to cover for a few minutes so that they soften.
- Set a large pot of water to boil for pasta and salt it. Mince remaining garlic. Turn heat under oil to medium, and add garlic to the portobellos along with the drained porcinis. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic begins to color. Add tomatoes and raise heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they break up and become saucy, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Taste sauce and adjust its seasoning. When pasta is done, drain it, toss with sauce, top with Parmesan, and serve.
PENNE WITH PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS AND FENNEL
Portabellas take top billing in this 30-minute meatless main dish. Delizioso!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Entree
Time 30m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
- Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook mushrooms, fennel and garlic in oil 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fennel is crisp-tender. Stir in pasta sauce, beans and basil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly heated.
- Divide cooked pasta among 6 serving bowls or plates; spoon vegetable mixture evenly over pasta. Sprinkle with cheese. Garnish with fennel leaves.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 490, Carbohydrate 73 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Fat 2 1/2, Fiber 8 g, Protein 16 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 900 mg, Sugar 14 g, TransFat 0 g
GARLIC PORTABELLA MUSHROOM PASTA
This is a delicious pasta that I've been preparing for years. It is simple, delicious, and better than any restaurant pasta I've had (and I've had a lot of restaurant pasta)!
Provided by Dee Licious
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 20m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cook pasta per directions on box (al dente).
- heat olive oil in skillet.
- add garlic and onion and saute for 5 minutes (until light brown).
- Add chopped mushrooms, basil, oregano, salt & pepper.
- add butter and saute until mushrooms are almost tender.
- add vermouth and saute for 2-5 minutes or until liquid is almost completely absorbed.
- Add cream and cook until slightly thickened.
- when pasta is done drain and mix with pasta over low heat until coated.
- Add parmesan cheese to taste and serve.
HERBED PORTOBELLO PASTA
Meaty mushrooms make this light pasta taste hearty and filling. It's my fast and fresh go-to weeknight dinner. -Laurie Trombley, Stonyford, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 35m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Meanwhile, cut mushrooms in half and thinly slice. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add mushrooms; saute until tender, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes and olives. Reduce heat to low; cook, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in herbs, salt and pepper., Drain pasta, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water. Toss pasta with mushroom mixture, adjusting consistency with reserved pasta water. Sprinkle with cheeses.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 375 calories, Fat 12g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 585mg sodium, Carbohydrate 48g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 7g fiber), Protein 18g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
PORTABELLA MUSHROOM SAUCE
I got this recipe from a pasta cookbook. I don't remember what it was called, but it's a great sauce.
Provided by mosma
Categories Sauces
Time 25m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Rinse and thinly slice mushroom caps.
- On a low heat, combine wine, parsley, garlic, and mushrooms. Stir frequently.
- Sauté 5 minutes or until mushrooms are cooked through.
- Remove skillet from heat. Slowly add alfredo sauce.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour over pasta, garnish with cheese.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 61.6, Fat 2.5, SaturatedFat 1.4, Cholesterol 7.3, Sodium 131.3, Carbohydrate 3.4, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 1, Protein 4.4
PENNE PORTABELLA (COPYCAT OF PASTA POMODORO'S DISH)
I saw one of the owners of Pasta Pomodoro make this on a local tv show. The measurements are approximate as he only demonstrated the ingredients used, no measurements. But this dish is easy and pretty hard to mess up. Mine tasted just as good as the one from the restaurant (I just tried this dish about a couple of weeks ago). A couple of pointers to make it tasty: Be sure to salt your water for pasta, this gives your pasta some flavor. After adding the pasta to the sauce, cook it for a minute of two so the pasta soaks up the sauce. After this step, you can taste and adjust flavor, adding parmesan cheese to give it more flavor (optional). Note: I actually didn't use the entire package of porchini mushrooms, only a little more than 1/2 of the package because it's expensive, also I used baby spinach instead of arugula because my kids do not appreciate the "bite" of the arugula.
Provided by JMigs0
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Soak the dried porchini mushrooms in the hot water (about 10 minutes), then squeeze the liquid out of the mushrooms and chop it up. Be sure to reserve the tasty soaking water for the sauce!
- Prepare the sausage according to package directions (cooked throughly and browned), drain.
- Cook the pasta according to package directions as well, however, minus one to two minutes to finsh "cooking" in the sauce. Meanwhile start the sauce:.
- Heat up a large pan (large enough to fit the pasta in), add a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, sautee garlic just until fragrant, add in cooked sausage, portobello mushrooms and porchini mushrooms, and (first add 1/4 cup) of the reserved porchini soaking water as well as the wine. Let this cook for a few minutes. If the portobello mushroom is still dry, add more of the reserved soaking water (add all if possible), cook until the portobello is browned and tender.
- Add cream and heat through, stirring to incorporate the flavors together. Next add the cooked pasta and arugula or spinach leaves, cook for a minute or two to let the pasta soak up the sauce and wilt the arugula or spinach.
- Taste and adjust seasoning, adding parmesan cheese then salt and pepper if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 430.3, Fat 27.6, SaturatedFat 10.2, Cholesterol 57.9, Sodium 921.4, Carbohydrate 26.5, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 1.2, Protein 17.4
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