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Rigatoni with Roasted Garlic, Mushrooms and Chili Pepper

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Sometimes a girl just needs her plate of pasta!

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Rigatoni con Aglio Arrostito, Funghi e Peperoncino (Rigatoni with Roasted Garlic, Mushrooms and Chili Pepper)

Adapted from Truly Madly Pasta by Ursula Ferrigno.

  • 2 heads of garlic, with the tops trimmed off
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (you may need a bit more)
  • 1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes (if you don’t like you’re food spicy, use less … or, if you like it on the spicy side, use more!)
  • 10 ounces mushrooms, roughly chopped (whatever mushrooms you like … I used a combination of portobello and oyster mushrooms)
  • rigatoni to serve 4 people
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • freshly grated parmesan
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place each garlic head on a piece of aluminum foil. Drizzle with a tablespoon of olive oil and then wrap loosely in the foil. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the garlic is golden and soft. Let the garlic cool for 20 minutes. Grasp each head of garlic at the base and squeeze out all of the roasted garlic. Resist the urge to grab a loaf of bread, smother on the roasted garlic, and eat it all right then and there! Set the roasted garlic aside.
  2. Set a pot of water to boil for your pasta. Be sure to salt the water once it’s boiling.
  3. Heat the remaining olive oil in a large pan. Add the mushrooms and sauté (medium heat) for about 10 minutes. Add the chili pepper and continue cooking for a few minutes. Add the roasted garlic and cook for a few more minutes. Lower the heat slightly and add the cream to the mushroom mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. While you cook the mushroom/cream mixture, cook your pasta.
  5. Once the pasta is ready, drain it and immediately add it to the mushroom/cream mixture. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of parmesan over the pasta. Stir well to ensure that all the pasta is coated. Serve immediately with additional parmesan.
  6. Enjoy!

Note:  This pasta will serve 4.

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35 Comments


06/28/06 at 12:41 pm

Oh my. This looks delish!


06/28/06 at 1:05 pm

Yummy! I loooove pasta! but I´ve got used to eat the fresh one. Poor me! so much work :( … and so tasty result! ;)


06/28/06 at 2:22 pm

So true! I need this right now! Looks absolutely delicious!


06/28/06 at 2:34 pm

Oh, yeah! Truly looks wonderful.


06/28/06 at 2:57 pm

everytime I come here,the new post looks better than the last.No,thats not right.They all look delish!You have one very lucky family,they get to eat all of your results.


06/28/06 at 3:11 pm

That does look satisfying and the most Italian of dishes as far as Italians tell me. No matter how fabulous and complicated new Italian dishes can be, almost every Italian I know says, “pasta asciutta” when asked what their favorite food is.


06/28/06 at 4:14 pm

Hi Geneve,

Thanks!

Hi Guru,

I wish I had more time to make fresh pasta … !

Hi Dianka,

Thanks!

Hi Emily,

That’s very sweet of you to say!

Hi Susan,

I couldn’t agree more. It certainly is one of my favourites!


06/28/06 at 5:32 pm

Oooo, even I can make this. Looks delicious. I love the way your ‘close up’ pictures turn out. They always look great!


06/28/06 at 6:09 pm

You can never go wrong with a plate of pasta… carbs are good!! So simple and fresh, your pasta look amazing.


06/28/06 at 7:26 pm

this sounds wonderful! especially with the roasted garlic :)


06/28/06 at 8:12 pm

Oh girl you hurt me now! That plate of pasta is screaming out my name.I’m just sitting here eating a Lean Cusine.Not the same..Not!


06/28/06 at 9:41 pm

You inspired my dinner. I don’t have mushrooms though so I had to go with sun dried tomoatoes but it was still good.

JD

06/28/06 at 11:14 pm

There goes my diet….Pasta is my weakness!!


06/28/06 at 11:16 pm

Indulgent dish of pasta!


06/28/06 at 11:46 pm

Mmmm! Delish! If I miraculously had the patience to roast garlic, though, it would never make it into the pasta…I’d be smearing on bread.


06/29/06 at 1:47 am

You’re right, sometimes a girl needs her plate of pasta. And this plate of pasta’s beautiful…


06/29/06 at 2:02 am

sounds good! i could go for that right now!


06/29/06 at 3:31 am

I agree, a girl does need her plate of pasta every now and then. I’m wondering if I could substitute the roasted garlic with the famous french smoked garlic of Arleux. I was looking for info on what to buy in the northern part of France. Me LOVES garlic!

BTW, great tip on buying a lot of berries during the season and freezing them for later!


06/29/06 at 3:46 am

Hai proprio ragione eheh ogni ragazza ogni tanto desidera proprio un bel piatto di maccheroni da mangiare:)


06/29/06 at 9:24 am

Some of my favorites to eat on a regular basis: rigatoni, garlic, and things spiced up w/ chili peppers!
I’m curious Ivonne, what kind of camera, lense, and lighting do you use for such crisp close up shots, and is it a digital?

Bruno


06/29/06 at 9:24 am

Oh, it looks so divine! The parmesan tops it off beautifully!

I had to laugh at the comment on using up all of the roasted garlic on bread. It was as if you had a window directly into my kitchen!


06/29/06 at 9:31 am

*swoon*

And that’s all I can say. :D


06/29/06 at 10:15 am

Yum! what a color and texture :-)


06/29/06 at 10:56 am

The name of that cookbook is hilarious! =)


06/29/06 at 1:39 pm

Wow, I wasn’t hungry a moment ago–but then I saw your photo. Gorgeous shot! Mushrooms and pasta are a favorite of mine. And I too would love to know what kind of camera you use. I’m currently shopping for a new one.


06/29/06 at 1:46 pm

yum-sounds delicious
you know in italy we can’t live without our pasta!
daisi


06/29/06 at 2:42 pm

Indeed, a girl *often* needs her bowl of pasta!

Love this.


06/29/06 at 4:22 pm

This made my mouth water! Yum!


06/29/06 at 7:48 pm

Agreed & this look sliek a great pasta too, lots of great falvours in there


06/30/06 at 1:46 am

Mmmmm, comforty goodness…


07/12/06 at 9:35 am

*sigh* I can’t do without pasta. I just blink at the people who say things like carbs are bad for you or wheat is bad for you. jeez, what *isn’t* bad for you?


07/13/06 at 2:10 pm

Hi all,

Glad you liked the pasta!

Jennifer

08/14/06 at 2:31 am

Made this pasta last night, and it was delicious! So easy and the garlic smelled wonderful while it was roasting. (I roasted THREE heads of garlic to solve the problem of bread-smearing temptation!)


12/28/06 at 7:54 am

Hi! I just found your blog via Britt-Arnild’s House in the Woods, and I must tell you that upon seeing the photo of this pasta, I almost licked my computer screen. It is not even 8am here in Massachusetts, USA, but I now know what I will be making for dinner tonight. Thanks!

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