Mushroom Pasta

• 250 g freshly cooked pasta
• 500 g mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 15 g dried mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 shallots, chopped
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 600 ml milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 12 cup grated cheese
• salt and pepper

1. Soak the dried mushrooms in 300ml hot water for 30 mins.
2. Drain.
3. Strain and preserve the soaking liquid.
4. Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
5. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the shallots till soft.
6. Add dry mushrooms, liquid, tomato puree, parsley and seasoning.
7. Simmer for 15 mins.
8. Add the other mushrooms and cook for 5 mins.
9. Warm milk.
10. Melt butter in a pan.
11. Add flour and cook for a min.
12. Stir in milk.
13. Then cook, whisking, until sauce is smooth and thick.
14. Add seasoning.
15. Arrange the ingredients in layers in a buttered shallow oblong dish in the following order; sauce, pasta, mushroom, pasta, mushroom, pasta, sauce, sprinkling grated cheese over each layer.
16. Bake for 15 to 20 min, until golden brown.

freshly cooked pasta, mushrooms, oil, shallots, tomato puree, parsley, milk, butter, flour, grated cheese, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mushroom-pasta-22041 (may not work)