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Fresh pasta with wild mushroom sauce

Nick Nairn

by Nick Nairn
from Ready Steady Cook
Serves 2
mushroom
Preparation time 30 mins to 1 hour Email this recipeEmail this recipe
Cooking time less than 10 mins  
Ingredients

110g/4oz plain flour
1 egg
pinch salt
For the sauce
30g/1oz butter
55g/2oz wild mushrooms
1 garlic clove, chopped
55ml/2fl oz double cream
2-3 tbsp white wine
½ tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tsp soy sauce
To serve
parmesan to garnish
truffles, thinly sliced
1 tbsp parsley, chopped

Method

1. Blend the flour and egg and salt in a food processor to make a dough.
2. Roll out on a floured surface until thin enough to go through a pasta machine.
3. Pass through the machine 5-6 times, folding each time.
4. Now make the rollers a bit thinner and pass through the pasta.
5. Repeat this until on the thinnest setting.
6. Pass the pasta through the spaghetti cutting roller.
7. Blanch the spaghetti in boiling water for 3-4 minutes until tender.
8. Drain and season.
9. To make the sauce, sauté the mushrooms and garlic in the butter for 3-4 minutes.
10. Add all the other sauce ingredients and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
11. Put the mushroom sauce in a bowl and serve the pasta on top.
12. Top with parmesan shavings, slices of truffle and parsley.