Drunken Tuscan Pasta
- 1 bottle Tuscan red table wine such as Rosso di Montalcino or Chianti
- Coarse salt
- 1 pound perciatelli, bucatini, or spaghetti (dried long-cut pasta)
- 3 tablespoons EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)
- 1/4 pound deli-sliced pancetta (see Note)
- 3 portobello mushroom caps, thinly sliced
- 2 to 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- A couple pinches of red pepper flakes
- 4 to 5 cups chopped dark greens, your choice of chard, escarole, spinach, or kale
- Black pepper, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, a handful plus some to pass at the table
- Pour the entire bottle of wine into a large pot.
- Add water and fill the pot up as you would to cook pasta.
- Bring the wine and water to a boil over high heat.
- When the liquids boil, add salt and the pasta and cook to al dente.
- Heads up: you will ladle out some cooking liquid for the pasta sauce before draining the pasta.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the EVOO, twice around the pan, then chop and add the pancetta.
- Brown the pieces until they are golden at the edges and transfer them to a paper-towel-lined plate.
- Add the mushrooms to the EVOO in the same skillet, season them with the chopped rosemary, and cook until they are deeply golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Push the mushrooms to the sides of the pan and add the remaining tablespoon of EVOO to the center of the skillet.
- Add the garlic and red pepper flakes to the EVOO and cook them for a minute or so, then toss the mushrooms together with the garlic.
- Add the greens to the pan and season them with salt, pepper, and the nutmeg.
- When the greens have wilted down, add a couple of ladles of the starchy pasta cooking liquid to the pan and cook for a minute to reduce it a little.
- Drain the pasta well and add it to the skillet.
- Add the pancetta and a handful of cheese to the pan.
- Toss the pasta for a minute or so to allow it to absorb the remaining liquid.
- Adjust the seasonings and serve.
- Pass the extra cheese at the table.
wine, salt, perciatelli, evoo, deli, portobello mushroom caps, rosemary, garlic, couple, dark greens, black pepper, freshly grated nutmeg, cheese
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/drunken-tuscan-pasta-374678 (may not work)