Polenta with Porcini

Polenta is a typical dish of the Northern part of Italy. It has itself a bland taste but if you match it with something with a tasty flavour, you can obtain a delicious Italian recipe. In the recipe below polenta is matched with Porcini, mushrooms with a very good taste. So you can prepare a delicious dish!








INGREDIENTS FOR POLENTA (for 4 people)
500 g of Maize flour
2 liter of Water
1 Tablespoon of salt

INGREDIENTS FOR MUSHROOMS
1 Kg of Porcini
1 / 4 Glass of Extra virgin olive oil
1 Clove of garlic
50 g of Parsley
30 g of Butter
1 Glass of white wine
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 – 40 minutes

WINE: Muller Thurgau (White Wine)

PREPARATION
In a pan place the extra virgin olive oil and the garlic and let it brown. Then if you use fresh mushrooms clean them with a knife and a towel, cut into pieces and put in the pan,

instead if you use frozen mushrooms, place them directly frozen in the pan.
Let them cook for about 5-10 minutes then add the parsley, the butter

and stir until the butter is melted. Now add the wine and let it evaporated. Cook for about 30 - 40 minutes. If the sauce of mushrooms is too reduced add some water during the cooking.
In the meantime you can prepare polenta. In a pot of copper put the water with salt and let it warm. Before water boils, sprinkle the maize flour into the water and begin to stir with a wood-spoon.

Continue to stir for about 40 minutes until polenta become thick.


When mushrooms and polenta are ready place them in a platter and serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!

Pappardelle with Mushrooms (Porcini)

This recipe is for a first course made of pappardelle (typical Italian egg pasta) and mushrooms. Believe me, this dish is delicious!

INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

150 g of Pappardelle (egg pasta)
150 g of Mushroom fresh or frozen
Some parsley
Salt
Pepper
2 Cloves of garlic
Some Parmesan (Italian cheese)

PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 10 minutes

DIFFICULTY: easy

WINE: Greco di Tufo (White Wine)

PREAPARATION
Boil some water with salt for pappardelle.
If mushrooms are fresh, clean and cut it into large cubes. Instead, if mushrooms are frozen, only wash them.

Heat extra virgin olive oil in a pot, add 2 chopped cloves of garlic and let them brown, then add the cubes of mushrooms and cook them for 10-15 minutes. The mushrooms will produce a sauce, let it slightly dry.

When cooking is complete add chopped parsley.
Pour the sauce on the pasta, sprinkle with Parmesan and serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!