When a recipe calls for mixed mushrooms I usually cheap out and use only regular white mushrooms, but this time I thought we should go all out, especially since the recipe said the dried porcini added a very important, complex flavor. It was definitely worth it - the shitake, white button mushrooms and porcini all came together to make a fantastic, earthy sauce. SP loved it, of course, so I'll definitely be making this one again.
I love mushrooms, I'll be sure to look for that recipe in the magazine since it turned out so well for you.
ReplyDeleteI really love mushrooms. This is such a great pasta dish!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm definitely guilty of doing the same thing - when I recipe calls for mixed I just buy crimini and that's it, often presliced. I really should go all out one of these days, I imagine, as you said, that the difference is really noticeable.
ReplyDeletePatsyk - It was really good! If you make it let me know.
ReplyDeleteKatie - Aren't mushrooms the best? Yum!
Melissa - I always think, "ehh...mushrooms are all the same" but they really aren't. The porcini added such an amazingly earthy flavor I can't imagine this dish being as complex without them.