Penne Boscaiola
Woodsman-Style Pasta with Mushrooms and Bacon
4 servings
45 mins 45 mins
Main Dish Italian
Submitted by Melissa Green
Ingredients
- 1 ounce (30g) dried porcini mushrooms
- 3/4 cup (180ml) dry white wine
- 6 slices thick-cut smoked bacon (about 6 ounces; 170g), cut into thin strips
- 1 pound (450g) mixed fresh cultivated and wild mushrooms, such as cremini, shiitake, maitake, hedgehog, or oyster, woody ends trimmed, thinly sliced
- Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
- 1 medium onion (about 7 ounces; 200g), sliced
- 3 medium cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves (from about 8 sprigs)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (28-ounce; 795g) can peeled whole tomatoes and their juices, crushed by hand or coarsely puréed with an immersion blender
- 1 pound (450g) dried tubular pasta, such as penne or rigatoni
- 3/4 cup (180ml) heavy cream
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley leaves and tender stems (about 1/2 medium bunch)
- 1 ounce (30g) freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, plus more for serving
Nutritional Information
(per serving)
998 Calories 46g Fat 115g Carbs 31g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories 998
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46g 59%
Saturated Fat 19g 97%
Cholesterol 91mg 30%
Sodium 949mg 41%
Total Carbohydrate 115g 42%
Dietary Fiber 12g 44%
Total Sugars 15g
Protein 31g
Vitamin C 34mg 171%
Calcium 267mg 21%
Iron 6mg 34%
Potassium 1257mg 27%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Directions
In a small heatproof bowl or measuring cup, combine dried porcini mushrooms with white wine and microwave until wine is steaming-hot. Alternatively, heat wine and mushrooms in a small saucepan until steaming. Set aside and let soak until porcini are fully softened, 10 minutes. Using your hands, lift porcini from wine and squeeze well to remove any excess liquid; reserve porcini-infused wine. Chop soaked porcini coarsely.
Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven or large sauté pan, cook bacon over medium-high heat, stirring often, until browned, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a plate.
Add fresh mushrooms and chopped porcini to pot with rendered bacon fat and return to medium-high heat. Cook, stirring often, until mushrooms are browned, about 8 minutes. Add a splash of olive oil at any point if pot becomes too dry.
Add onion, garlic, and thyme and cook, stirring, until onion and garlic are softened and lightly golden, about 6 minutes; again, add olive oil as needed if pot becomes too dry. Season with salt and pepper.
Add bacon back to pot, then add crushed or puréed tomatoes. Pour in porcini-infused wine through a fine-mesh strainer to remove any sediment. Bring to a simmer, then lower heat to maintain a bare simmer. Season with salt.
Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until just shy of al dente. Drain pasta, reserving about 2 cups of pasta-cooking water.
Add cream to pasta sauce along with drained pasta. Bring to a simmer, adding reserved pasta-cooking water as needed to thin sauce, until pasta is al dente and sauce forms a creamy sheen that coats pasta. If sauce ever becomes too thick, add more pasta water to thin it out. Remove pasta and sauce from heat and stir in parsley and cheese. Serve, passing more cheese at the table.