fresh lasagne with a touch of porcini

lasagnette fresche con tocco di porcini

8 servings

This is not a layered lasgana, more like wide noodles tossed with a most amazing, deep, rich mushroom sauce. If you have never had fresh porcini, they are a revelation, but they can be hard to find. Look for them at a gourmet grocery.

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Ingredients

1 leafy sprig rosemary
1/3 cup roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 (28-ounce can) whole peeled tomatoes, preferably San Marzano, with 1/2 cup of their juices reserved
Fine sea salt
3/4 pound fresh porcini mushrooms, halved lengthwise, or quartered if large, and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices
1 pound lasagnette, mafaldine or other wide long pasta

Instructions

Remove leaves from rosemary sprig. In center of cutting board, mound rosemary leaves, parsley, garlic and thyme; finely chop together.

In a large skillet with lid, combine herb mixture, butter and oil; heat over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is foaming. Add tomatoes with 1/2 cup of their juices and 1/2 teaspoon salt; bring to a simmer and cook, breaking up tomatoes, for 5 minutes, then stir in mushrooms. Reduce heat to low and gently simmer, covered, until mushrooms are tender and sauce is flavorful, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When sauce is very close to done, cook pasta in the boiling water until al dente, then drain and transfer to a large bowl. Add sauce and toss to combine well. Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve immediately.

September 2011

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Most excellent! Used dried mushrooms but hope to find fresh one day sigh :/

Posted: March 27, 2013 09:05 by bigsumm
This is a georgeous recipe! Even with dried porcini. I like swades idea of a compnation of dried and available fresh....I'll try that next time. And there will be many :)

Posted: May 22, 2012 16:34 by bigsumm
I made this tonight and it was quick, easy and delicious!! This would be a perfect quick dinner if you have company over and don't want to slave away in the kitchen. I couldn't find porcinis but used shitakes instead and they were marvelous!

Posted: September 15, 2011 22:31 by mkwescott
This dish is is amazing. Hard for me to find porcini fresh, I used dried and added some shitake and cremini. Otherwise kept to the receipe. I will make this many times. Thanks!

Posted: September 15, 2011 20:12 by swade
Tried this last night after getting this issue Saturday. EXCELLENT!!!

Posted: August 22, 2011 17:03 by MikeCockrell