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Title: Pasta with mushroom cream sauce
Wine Pairing: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
We Recommend: Balletto 2007 Pinot Noir
Iron Horse 2005 Estate Chardonnay
Meal Type: Dinner
Main Ingredient: Vegetables, Pasta
Ingredients: 3  tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium onion , minced
2  ounces dried porcini mushrooms , rehydrated in 2 cups hot water, strained, and chopped coarse; soaking liquid reserved
Table salt and ground black pepper
6 tablespoons heavy cream
3  tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves 

1 pound of your favorite pasta cooked al dente   
Instructions:  Heat butter in large sauté pan over medium heat. Add onion; sauté until edges begin to brown, about 7 minutes. Add porcini and salt and pepper to taste; sauté to release flavors, 1 to 2 minutes.

 Increase heat to medium-high. Add soaking liquid; simmer briskly until liquid has reduced by half, about 10 minutes.

 Stir in cream; simmer until sauce just starts to thicken, about 2 minutes. Stir in parsley, adjust seasonings, toss with pasta and serve.