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Funghi!!!

I LOVE me some Mushorooms!! Love Love Love!! and so when I saw gorgeous Shiitake mushrooms at Trader Joes... I said Oh Yeah Funghi Pasta for us. I know people either love em or hate em. I am in a crowd split in the middle with both lovers and haters, BUT the family loved this especially Owen who made me so proud because he too will be a Funghi lover.
There is nothing like Olive Oil for bringing out the woody accents from mushrooms, and that is how this recipe begins. Mind you this is SO very easy.

3/4 pound fresh white mushrooms
1/2 pound fresh shiitake mushrooms
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped garlic
2 tablespoons chopped Italian flat leaf parsley
Salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 Tablespoons butter
Black Pepper ground Fresh
3/4 cup Freshly grated Parm-Reg cheese
1 pound of Pasta ( I use Whole Wheat Penne)

1. Rinse all mushrooms quickly, Cut white mushrooms if they are not sliced from cap to stem into thin lengthwise slices. Discard and detach the hard shiitake stems and slice the caps into thin crescents
2. Put Olive Oil and chopped onion in a saute pan, turn heat to medium high and cook the onion until it becomes translucent Add the garlic and continue cooking, just until garlic begins to release tis scent, without letting it become any darker than light gold.
3. Add the parsley, stir quickly once or twice, then add all the mushrooms. Add salt- do not be salt shy if you don't want a bland tasting sauce. Turn over all ingredients a dew times then cover the pan and turn the heat down to medium. Cook for about 10 minutes or more until the liquid that the mushrooms she has simmered away.
4. Add the cream, butter, and liberal grindings of pepper to the pan, raise the heat to maximum force and reduce the cream to half its original volume, stirring frequently.
5. Cook pasta and when tender but firm to the bite drain it and toss it immediately with the mushrooms sauce. Add the Parm, and serve at once.

Ahead of time note*** you can cook the sauce up to the end of step 3 severeal hours in advance.
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  1. AnonymousApril 28, 2008 at 10:36 PM

    Uli, this was the ULTIMATE comfort food for a mushroom lovers broken heart-Donny's !! He wants to find someone who can cook like this and thought your blog was great. It was de-lish. Thanks again. Coleen :)

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  2. UliMay 2, 2008 at 7:45 AM

    Well tell Donny THANK YOU sweetheart!! When Derek met me I didn't cook much so my gift to him when he finds the girl of his dreams, will be cooking classes for her as many as she needs, of course I will need you there as company as well!!

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