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Written by foodie pam
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
 I like pasta dishes. They generally taste great and as a bonus are relatively easy to prepare. My most recent pasta adventure was with a very simple sounding but outstanding dish from Gourmet called "Pasta and Mushrooms with Parmesan Crumb Topping ". While this was not one of the Gourmet "fast food " recipes that I like so much it really wasn't a very difficult dish. Although, it was a bit time consuming because it had to bake in the oven but, that's ok because it makes time to relax and have a glass or two of wine before eating. The dish called for a Campanelle pasta. I used Parpadelle - one of my favorite pastas. The 1 1/2" thick and 8-12" long pastas arrive in the packages in individual pasta balls that remind me of Chinese noodles. Not only are they wide but they are also a bit thick. They are definitely not low carb! They were perfect for the dish. The mushroom sauce consisted of a mixture of Cremini and dried porcini along with some garlic and onion. Very tasting but my favorite part was the crumb topping. Homemade bread crumbs are toasted, tossed in garlic oil and mixed with parmesan to form a hearty topping. The result was an appealing and equally tasteful dish that took about 1 1/2 hours from start to finish. Definitely not fast food but well worth the effort.
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