You will need:
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
6 tbs good olive oil
8oz (250g) mushrooms, sliced
2 sprigs of fresh thyme, or half a generous tsp of dried (oregano could be used instead)
around 5 tbs of creme fraiche (or double cream)
salt and pepper
freshly ground nutmeg
whole wheat pasta
What to do:
- Fry the onions in the oil on a medium heat along with the thyme in a large, heavy frying pan. Cook the onions gently - don't let them change colour yet.
- After 8-10 minutes, add the garlic and mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. The idea here is that the slow frying evaporated all the moisture away allowing the onions to caramelise. The more time you spend over this the better. Take at least 15 minutes, ten minimum. You should end up with unctuous oily mushroom, and flecks of sweet, chewy onion.
- Whilst the mushrooms are cooking, boil the pasta in salted water in the largest saucepan you have - the pasta will be less gluey from escaped starch and will cook quicker.
- Stir in the creme fraiche a tablespoon at a time until all the olive oil is incorporated into it.
- Add the drained pasta to the mixture and stir through.
- Serve in large bowls.
2 comments:
Ooohw I don't know Neil. I've never been a big fan of mushies, although I want to be. And dairy based sauces are not my thing either really. So it will be a leap of faith for me to try this. Maybe I better have it with the chicken.
Do you know, I can't even remember writing that post! I went through a brief phase of putting my own recipes on the blog; recipes not necessarily English, or indeed, British.
This is a good recipe though, unless you dislike mushrooms and cream, of course!
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