Asparagus and morel mushrooms tagliatelle

By Kamil Rzechowicz
1 h 4 raciones
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Ingredients

  • 16 Asparagus
  • 200 g of fresh morels 
  • 150 g banana shallot
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 70 ml grape seed oil
  • 150 g Pecorino cheese
  • 400 g Tagliatelle pasta

Ingredients for the pasta 

  • 400g Pasta flour 
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil 

Method for pasta

  • Place flour in a food processor and turn it on.
  • Slowly add the eggs and egg yolks.
  • When all the eggs have been amalgamated, add olive oil and salt. Mix in briefly.
  • Remove the dough from the machine and kneed for a few minutes on a floured surface.
  • Cover with cling film and let it rest for at least 30 minutes inside a refrigerator.
  • Roll the pasta into a square sheet on the floured surface, changing side and keeping it in shape.
  • The pasta should be paper thin. Dust de top with the flour and rest for 30 minutes under the kitchen towel.
  • Fold the sheet of pasta 4 times and cut into Tagliatelle size pieces, dust with flour and shake it off.
  • Leave it on the side for later.
  • Get your water boiling with some salt.

Prepare your ingredients

  • Wash morel mushrooms and then dry them on the kitchen towel.
  • Slice them thinly.
  • Peal the shallots and slice thinly.
  • Cut the woody bits of asparagus and blanch them for 2 minutes in boiled water, then move them straight into cold water.
  • Dry them on the kitchen towel and slice thinly with the anghel keeping the tops.
  • Slice garlic clove nice thinly.
  • Drop pasta into the boiling water, it must be with some salt.
  • In the meantime, get your pan nice hot, splash it with some of the grapeseed oil.
  • Add shallots and garlic, keep steering, add mushrooms, after 1 minute add sliced asparagus and tops.
  • By this time, your pasta should be ready al dente. Drain it in a basket and add straight into the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Keep mixing.
  • When all is combined, remove from the heat and season to taste. Serve straight away and finish with grated Pecorino cheese.