Mushroom pasta

Ingredients:

  • olive oil
  • butter
  • 400g various mushrooms
  • 20g garlic (about 4 cloves)
  • 20 twists of black pepper
  • 125g Mascarpone cheese
  • 75g Parmesan cheese
  • 1 lemon (zest only)
  • small bunch of parsley
  • 150g pasta
  • salt

Methods:

  • Chop all mushrooms finely.
  • Preheat the pan, add a generous splash of olive oil and a blob of butter, and let the butter melt. Start frying the mushrooms.
  • Start boiling the pasta in salty water.
  • Meanwhile, grate Parmesan coarsely and chop the parsley.
  • When the mushrooms are golden on most side, use a garlic press to add garlic cloves directly into pan. Add black pepper.
  • When pasta is almost ready, take mushrooms off the heat and immediately add Mascarpone cheese and a bit of salty pasta water. Stir well and add more pasta water as required. Stir in grated Parmesan.
  • Drain the pasta and add it to the mushrooms along with parsley. Mix everythiing together.
  • Zest the lemon. Serve pasta sprinkled with lemon zest.