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Pasta With Mushrooms, Sun- Dried Tomatoes And Pine Nuts

Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients and directions for this recipe

12 Sun dried tomatoes; (not
-oil-packed)
2 c Boiling water
Non-stick vegetable oil
-spray
1 lb Mushrooms; thickly sliced
1 lg Onion; chopped
1 c Dry white wine
2 lg Garlic cloves; chopped
12 oz Penne
1/2 c Grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 c Pine nuts; toasted
1/4 c Sliced fresh basil or
2 ts Dried

For a richer dish, splurge by adding an ounce of reconstituted dried
porcini mushrooms to the sauce.

Place sun-dried tomatoes in small bowl. Pour 2 cups boiling water over. Let
stand until tomatoes soften, about 15 minutes. Drain tomatoes, reserving
soaking liquid. Thinly slice tomatoes.

Spray large nonstick skillet generously with vegetable oil spray. Add
mushrooms, onion, wine, garlic, reserved tomato soaking liquid and sliced
tomatoes. Bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer
until liquids are reduced by half and vegetables are tender, about 25
minutes.

Meanwhile, cook, pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just
tender but still firm to bite. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid.
Return pasta to same large pot.

Pour sauce from skillet over pasta. Add Parmesan cheese and pine nuts.
Toss, adding reserved cooking liquid by 1/4 cupfuls if mixture is dry. Mix
in basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

4 Servings

Bon App?it June 1996

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