Pappardelle with Porcini
- 1/2 pound fresh porcini mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup pasta cooking water
- 1 recipe basic pasta dough, recipe follows, rolled to thinnest setting and then cut 1 1/2-inch wide strips
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups flour
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil and add 2 tablespoons of salt.
- Using a pastry brush, dust fresh porcini free of all dirt.
- Thinly slice porcini.
- In a medium size saute pan heat the olive oil.
- When hot, add the sliced mushrooms.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Saute the mushrooms to a rich golden brown, about 6 to 7 minutes.
- Cook the pasta until it is tender yet al dente, about 2 minutes.
- Deglaze the saute pan with white wine.
- Once pasta is cooked, drain the pasta, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
- Place drained pasta in the saute pan with the porcini and add the reserved pasta water.
- Toss pasta with porcini, cooking for 30 seconds.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Serve.
- Mound 3 1/2 cups of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board.
- Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs and the olive oil.
- Using a fork, beat together the eggs and oil and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with the inner rim of the well.
- As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to retain the well shape.
- The dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated.
- Start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands.
- Once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up and discard any leftover bits.
- Lightly re-flour the board and continue kneading for 6 more minutes.
- The dough should be elastic and a little sticky.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
- Roll or shape as desired.
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/pappardelle-with-porcini-recipe.html (may not work)