Ten Minutes to Heaven Pasta

Submitted by The Queen Bag

"I cut this out of my local newspaper in 1988 because the ingredients intrigued me. After making it, I wrote above the printed recipe, "I Love This!! I still do."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb linguine or 1 lb fettuccine
• 4 ounces butter
• 20 small fresh shiitake mushrooms, chopped
• 1⁄4 lb sun-dried tomato
• 1⁄2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (to taste)
• 1 tablespoon capers
• 8 ounces heavy whipping cream
• 1⁄4 cup dry sherry
• fresh parmesan cheese
• fresh pepper, ground

directions

1. Melt butter over low heat.
2. Add chopped mushrooms.
3. Meanwhile, rinse sun-dried tomatoes in warm water & slice in strips.
4. Cook pasta.
5. Add walnuts, capers and tomatoes to mushrooms & saute 5 minutes. Stir frequently.
6. Add half the cream, stir add sherry.
7. Add a few turns of ground pepper, then rest of cream.
8. In last minute, sprinkle genrously with fresh Parmesan cheese. If sauce is too thick, add a little more sherry.
9. Rinse pasta, put in large bowl, toss with sauce & sprinkle with more cheese.

Reviews

[ms.susan]

Sorry, but this recipe did not please me! It tasted very 'musky' from the mushrooms and we could not eat it!

 

[Roxygirl in Colorado]

I made this before for company and it was very good! Roxygirl