Food & Wine
Bolognaise-style mushroom ragu
This is a rich, tasty and quite sophisticated mushroom ragu. A real winter warmer!
Ingredients:
- 600g large field mushrooms (or any mushrooms you like, just not Asian style), cut into rough, 3cm dice
- 600g pine mushrooms (or any mushrooms you like, but not Asian ones), cut into rough, 3cm dice
- 120ml extra -virgin olive oil
- Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
- 20g dried porcini mushrooms
- 2 onions, diced
- 8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 celery stalks, finely sliced
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- ½ teaspoon chilli flakes
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons red or brown miso paste
- 400ml white wine
- 800ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 x 400g can diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon dried Greek oregano
- 100g pasta per person
- Grana padano, finely grated, to serve
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C fan-forced (200°C conventional).
- Add the fresh mushrooms to a roasting tray, drizzle over half the oil, season, toss to coat and roast for 20 minutes.
- Soak the porcini mushrooms in hot water for 10 minutes. Dice the rehydrated mushrooms and reserve the water.
- Heat a large, heavy-based saucepan over medium heat. Add the remaining oil, the onion, garlic, celery, carrot, bay leaves, chilli flakes and fennel seeds, and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the fresh mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes – as the mushrooms sweat down they will help to deglaze the pan.
- Add the tomato paste and miso and stir constantly for two minutes.
- Add the wine, diced porcini and porcini water and bring to a simmer. Add the stock, tomatoes and oregano and simmer for 45 minutes over low heat until the sauce is thick and intense. Adjust the seasoning to taste.
- To serve, cook the pasta according to the packet instructions and toss through the ragu in the pan. Take the pan directly to the table and serve with plenty of grana padano on the side.
Written by Karen Martini, first appeared on Stuff.co.nz.
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