Best Wild Mushroom Rapini Fettucine Recipes

PASTA WITH WILD MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, bring salted water to a boil.
• In a large saute pan, over high heat, heat the olive oil. Add the onion and garlic and saute for 1 minute, just until beginning to turn translucent. Add the marjoram and saute 1 more minute. Add the mushrooms and saute until they begin to brown and release their liquid, about 5 minutes. Add the Mushroom Stock and reduce 5 minutes. Add the cream and reduce about 5 minutes, or until the sauce begins to thicken. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Cook pasta until al dente. Drain and quickly toss with mushroom sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Divide onto serving plates and serve immediately garnished with marjoram sprigs.
• Combine the chicken stock and mushrooms in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook until reduced by half. Strain.

WILD MUSHROOM-RAPINI FETTUCINE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook stirring occasionally until mushrooms release liquid and are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Set aside. Cook rapini in large pot of boiling, salted water for 3 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside. Cook pasta in rapini water according to package directions. Drain. Toss pasta with rapini, mushrooms, creme fraiche and Parmesan cheese.

ROASTED WILD MUSHROOMS IN RED-WINE REDUCTION

Steps:

• If using dried porcini, soak in boiling-hot water to cover until soft, about 45 minutes. Lift out porcini, squeezing out excess liquid, and discard soaking liquid. Rinse in a sieve to remove any grit and pat dry. Halve larger slices.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• If using fresh porcini, halve or quarter larger ones, keeping smaller ones whole, and transfer all to a baking pan. Toss all mushrooms with onion wedges, garlic, thyme, wine, 3 tablespoons oil, salt, and pepper to taste. Toss pearl onions with remaining tablespoon oil and salt and pepper to taste in a shallow baking pan.
• Roast mushroom mixture, covered with foil, in upper third of oven and pearl onions, uncovered, in lower third, stirring occasionally and switching position of pans halfway through roasting, until pearl onions are tender and golden brown, about 45 minutes total. Remove pearl onions from oven.
• Uncover mushroom mixture and stir in 1/2 cup red-wine reduction. Continue roasting mixture in middle of oven, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender and liquid is reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Stir in pearl onions and roast until hot, about 10 minutes more. Heat remaining red-wine reduction.
• Season mushrooms and onions with salt and pepper. Drizzle with some red-wine reduction and serve the rest on the side.

FETTUCCINE WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Soak porcini in cup of boiling water 30 minutes. Trim stalks from the fresh mushrooms, wash off grit under cold running water and slice into one-and-a-half-inch pieces.
• Using a large skillet, soften the garlic and the shallots in two tablespoons butter and oil. Meanwhile, bring six quarts salted water to a boil.
• Strain the porcini through a paper towel, reserving the soaking liquid. Chop the porcini and add them to the skillet with the thyme, salt and pepper and white wine. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes. Add the porcini cooking liquid and continue to cook over moderate heat until it has almost evaporated.
• Meanwhile, cook the fettuccine until al dente. Drain and toss in a heated bowl with the remaining tablespoon butter (you could use truffle oil instead).
• Over moderate heat, stir the creme fraiche into the mushrooms. Correct seasoning and pour them over the fettuccine. Toss, sprinkle with parsley and serve. Pass the cheese separately.

CHEESE FETTUCCINE, WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the garlic and saute until lightly browned. Remove the garlic.
• Add the mushrooms and saute over high heat until lightly browned. Set aside.
• Bring at least four quarts of water to a rolling boil, add the fettuccine and cook about two minutes after the water returns to a boil. Drain, transfer to a warm bowl and toss with butter. Season the pasta with salt and pepper.
• Briefly reheat the mushrooms and add them to the fettuccine, toss again, add the cheese and toss once more. Serve at once with extra cheese on the side for those who wish it.