UMAMI MUSHROOM PAPPARDELLE | Make it a Mushroom Moment

UMAMI MUSHROOM PAPPARDELLE

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large carrots
  • 2 small white onions
  • 50g Parsley
  • 6-8 cloves garlic
  • 600g vitamin D chestnut mushrooms
  • 500mls passata
  • 1 tsp white miso
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1-2 tsp chilli flakes
  • 200g Pappardelle pasta
  • 10-20g parmesan, grated

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C fan assisted
  2. Blend the mushrooms in a food processor into a rough mixture and scrape into a baking tray lined with baking paper (may have to blend the mushroom in batches)
  3. Bake for 10minutes, stir the mixture add balsamic vinegar salt and pepper and bake for another 10-15 minutes
  4. Blend the carrot, onion, garlic, parsley stalks in the blender into a fine soffritto mixture
  5. Add to a large casserole dish on medium heat with olive oil and slowly caramelise for 10- 15minutes whilst your mushrooms are cooking. Make sure not to burn your garlic
  6. Add the mushroom mixture to the soffritto and stir together with the miso paste and chilli flakes
  7. Pour into the passata, stir and simmer covered for 15-20minutes
  8. Prepare your pappardelle in salted, boiling water according to packet instructions, mix together with the mushroom mixture and serve with chopped parlsey and grated parmesan