Porcini Penne (Dry Recipe)

Source / Author: Scott Haas (User Submitted)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of dried porcini, cut up and cleaned briefly in warm water
• 1 shallot, sliced thinly
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons good olive oil
• 1 cup of good chopped tomatoes (such as Pomi brand)
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped up
• Salt and Pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped, flat leaf parsley
• 1 package of good penne (such as rustichella d’Abruzzo brand)
• Good, grated parmigiano

Instructions:

1. Fill a big pasta pot with water. Add lots of salt. Put over high flame. Cover.
2. Heat up oil and butter in a cast iron pan under high heat. When bubbling, add garlic and shallot. Stir.
3. Add porcini. Stir. Lower flame to lowest.
4. Add tomatoes. Adjust salt and black pepper. Let simmer.
5. When water is bubbling, add penne. Taste every few minutes for doneness.
6. Just before done, remove and drain all but 1/4 cup of pasta water. Add sauce to pasta pot.
7. Put penne back in pot and cook over low flame until perfectly al dente.
8. Quickly adjust for salt and add olive oil to taste. Eat immediately, when hot, with good, grated parmigiano, parsley, and cracked black pepper.