Fresh Parsley Tagliatelle with Porcini
- 2 1/2 cups '00' (Italian soft wheat) flour* or cake flour (not rising) plus additional for kneading and tossing
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 large egg yolks
- 6 to 8 tablespoons water
- 2 cups fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves
- 1 pound fresh porcini mushrooms**
- 3 large garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- Accompaniment: freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- In a food processor blend together 2 1/2 cups flour, oil, yolks, and 6 tablespoons water, incorporating as much of additional 2 tablespoons water as necessary, until mixture just begins to form a ball.
- On a lightly floured surface knead dough, incorporating as much of additional flour as necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
- Quarter dough and wrap 3 pieces separately in plastic wrap.
- Set smooth rollers of a pasta machine at widest setting.
- Flatten unwrapped piece of dough into a rectangle and fee through rollers.
- Fold rectangle in half and feed through rollers 8 more times, folding in half crosswise each time and dusting with flour as necessary to prevent sticking.
- Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and feed through rollers without folding.
- Continue to feed dough through, without folding, turning dial to make space between rollers narrower each time, until dough has been rolled through narrowest setting and is a smooth sheet, about 2 1/2 feet by 4 inches.
- Halve pasta sheet crosswise.
- Lightly brush 1 side of 1 pasta sheet with cold water and evenly arrange 1/2 cup parsley over it.
- Drape remaining half sheet over parsley-topped pasta sheet, gently pressing down to force out any air.
- Set rollers to second narrowest setting and feed filled pasta sheet between rollers.
- Put pasta sheet on a dry kitchen towel.
- Roll out and fill remaining 3 pieces dough in same manner, putting each on a dry kitchen towel.
- Attach ribbon pasta cutters to pasta machine and attach handle to widest cutter.
- Line a tray with another dry kitchen towel.
- Feed first pasta sheet, which will have dried slightly but should still be soft and pliable, through cutter and toss tagliatelle generously with flour.
- Form tagliatelle loosely into a nest and arrange on towel-lined tray.
- Make more tagliatelle in same manner with remaining pasta sheets.
- Makes about 3/4 pound.
- Fill a 6-quart kettle three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for tagliatelle.
- Trim mushrooms and cut stems from caps.
- Separately cut stems and caps into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
- Mince garlic.
- In a large skillet cook stems in 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until stems are tender and liquid they give off is evaporated, about 5 minutes.
- With a slotted spoon transfer stems to a small bowl.
- In skillet cook caps in remaining 2 tablespoons oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until caps are tender and liquid they give off is evaporated, about 3 minutes.
- Add stems, garlic, and butter and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
- Add wine and cook, stirring occasionally, until wine is evaporated.
- Season mushrooms with salt and pepper.
- Cook tagliatellein boiling water until al dente about 1 1/2 minutes.
- Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water and drain tagliatelle in colander.
- Add tagliatelle and reserved cooking water to mushroom mixture and toss to combine.
- Serve tagliatelle immediately with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.
- *Available at specialty foods shops and by mail order from Dean & DeLuca, (800) 221-7714.
- **Available seasonally at many specialty food shops and by mail order from Comptoir Exotique, (888) 547-5471.
flour, olive oil, egg yolks, water, flatleafed parsley, porcini mushrooms, garlic, extravirgin olive oil, unsalted butter, white wine, accompaniment
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fresh-parsley-tagliatelle-with-porcini-14929 (may not work)