Linguine with Shrimp and Porcini

Name: Linguine with Shrimp and Porcini (Linguine ai Gamberi e Funghi)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ medium yellow onion; ½ cup heavy cream; ¾ pound large shrimp; Freshly ground black pepper; ½ pound fresh tomatoes; 1 pound linguine; 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms; ½ pound white or cremini mushrooms; Salt; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Linguine ai Gamberi e Funghi

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2009

About

I love the flavor of porcini together with shrimp. Dried porcini are used here to endow the cultivated mushrooms with some porcini flavor. I use this technique often in the States, where fresh porcini are hard to get, if not prohibitively expensive.

Ingredients

1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
½ medium yellow onion
3 tablespoons

Method

Put the dried porcini in a bowl, cover with warm water and soak for 10 minutes.
Fill a pot for the pasta with about 6 quarts of water, place over high heat, and bring to a boil.
Peel and finely slice the onion lengthwise. Put the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet, add the sliced onion, and place over medium-high heat. Sauté until the onion turns a rich g