Capellini ai Funghi e Caviale {Angel Hair w/Mushrooms & Caviar} + GIVEAWAY !
It’s almost Mother’s Day! Yes, that’s right, honey are you listening ; ) For me, it’s a day when all I really want is peace & quiet in the house {Miss Priss, Middle Man & Bruiser you listening} & for someone else to cook for me. And if there happens to be a little something extra well then that’s just icing on the cake! Okay maybe a nice bottle of wine too ; )
And just in time for Mother’s Day, I was recently sent a complimentary review copy of “The Silver Spoon PASTA“. It’s about yes you guessed it ; ) PASTA! Hundreds of perfect pasta recipes! Everything from dried pasta to fresh pastas. Short pastas to long pastas. Cut pasta to filled pastas. Lots of PASTA! So much so you’ll never get bored. After flipping through this massive book & drooling all over it, I chose to make what I call a special occasion dish. I picked Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Caviar! Yes, caviar! It doesn’t get more special occasion that that! I did use Angel Hair Nests instead of Spaghetti because I thought it would make a fancy schmany presentation but feel free to use Spaghetti. For the mushrooms, I used a combination of Shitake, Oyster, Crimini & Portobellos for an extra special touch. I think it’s the perfect dish for Mother’s Day & one that would knock the socks off any Mom!
Here’s the recipe…
Adapted from “The Silver Spoon PASTA”
What you’ll need:
1 lb of angel hair pasta
2 sprigs fresh flat leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves – minced
2 tbsp extra virgin NUDO olive oil
5 2/3 cups mushrooms – chopped
1 cup dry white wine
2 tbsp caviar or lumpfish roe
1 tbsp tomato paste
What to do:
Chop the parsley & garlic, set aside. Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan. Add all mushrooms, and HALF of the garlic & parsley and cook over low heat for approx 20 mins. Stirring constantly & gradually add the wine. Add the reserved parsley & garlic & caviar into a small bowl & set aside.
WHILE the mushrooms are cooking, place a large pot of water on to boil. Lightly salt (caviar is quite salty so not too much) Add pasta when boiling and cook until al dente. Approx 2 mins prior to the pasta being ready, add the tomato paste so that the pasta becomes slightly pink.
When pasta is al dente, drain and place into your serving dish. Pour the mushroom sauce over and toss to combine. Sprinkle with the parsley, caviar mixture and serve immediately!
Buon Appetito!
It’s GIVEAWAY time…
And so you can make this recipe & many more we’re GIVING AWAY one copy of “The Silver Spoon PASTA“! & because it’s Mother’s Day after all, we’re going to ALSO include ONE tin of NUDO OLIVE OIL {Winner gets to choose between: Extra Virgine Olive Oil w/chili, lemon, mandarin or thyme} and if that wasn’t enough we’re also throwing in a copy of the book “Wine Secrets“.
EDITED TO ADD: CONTEST HAS ENDED…THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTRIES…WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE
So you want to enter? OF COURSE you do, here’s what to do: {BE SURE to leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry!}
1. Leave a comment here telling me what dish you’d make for your Mother for Mother’s Day.
2. RT this post on Twitter, come back & leave a separate comment telling me you’ve done so {we’re making it easy for you, just copy & paste this:
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Legal Schmegal: Contest is open to US addresses only {sorry I don’t make the shipping rules} Contest will be open until Wednesday May 5th at 12:00 pm EST. Winner will be drawn by our pet okay not really, by random.org
Baci e’ in Bocca al lupo!
Psst…Nudo is an amazing company where you can also adopt an olive tree in ITALY & receive the olive oil from your tree. How cool is that? You’ll get updates, and information on the actual farmers themselves. Something I know I would LOVE, or a trip to the actual grove. Either one ; ) You don’t have to adopt you can also just purchase their fantastic oils. You can read all about Nudo and place orders HERE
I have no idea what I’m going to make this weekend! Something fruity for sure – probably some drinks! Oh yes! Fruity drinks!
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I’m totally a fan on Facebook!
I’m a fan of Nudo Italia on facebook!
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Also, can I just say this recipe looks FANTASTIC! I don’t know if I could do it with the caviar – I’m not a fan, but mushrooms are absolutely my favorite!
I’m grilling my mom steaks for Mother’s Day. But that pasta looks yummy.
I’d make her tea sandwiches and a strawberries and cream cake, full of love.
I’d make cannoli for my mother in law.
Burgers on the grill…her favorite.
my fave (so this is what I would make) is sphgetti with brown butter sauce. So yummy!
For my Mom I’d make Chicken Romana, pour her a nice glass of wine, and sit back and enjoy her company (and famous stories) at dinner.
i’d make my mom a raw bar feast, grilled corn crab salad, and an arugula and goat cheese and tomato tart with key lime pie for dessert all of her favs!
I would make her waffles for breakfast- her favorite thing ever
I’d make my mom her favorite, whoopie pies.
What a great giveaway. Too bad I am in Aussie
I’d actually stray from the traditional Italian a bit and make my mom brunch. Bagels (her favorite) with eggs and/or cream cheese.
I’m going to take my Mom out to dinner so no one has to do the dishes : )
I am a fan on Facebook
Fettucine Alfredo is my Moms favortie.
That pasta cookbook looks lovely!
I will be making cinnamon french toast stuffed with a honey-walnut cream cheese! Im counting down the days!
I tweeted!!
following of facebook too!
and did the bonus.. I ‘like’ Nudo on fb and I am following them on twitter too!! check, check and check!!
Pick me me me… I retweeted too. I’m also a fan of Nudo too.
For Mother’s Day, I’d make my mom stuffed Calabrian lasagna…she *loved* it when I made it for her here
P.S. My mom has a US shipping address
I have retweeted your contest announcement on Twitter
I already was your “liker” on FB…hope that counts!
I now “like” and “follow” Nudo on FB and Twitter, respectively
I would rather make pasta e fagoli for my mama……yummmmmmm
Grazie
richard
I’d make Gnocchetti di Melanzane
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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For my mom, we have a tradition of fried zucchini, so I would plan on making that for her on Sunday, but she’s visiting her mom this year.
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I think I would make scallops…..we were just talking about them the other day.
Lasagna!
Mother’s day is the perfect Brunch day- May is a gorgeous month, so we would have to dine al fresco with bagels and smoked salmon, feta and watermelon salad, warm muffins, and freshly squeezed o.j. (or maybe bellinis). Honestly, the possibilities are endless. A wonderful day for my favorite person. I adore my mom
I think I’m going to make that mozzarella salad you posted a few days ago!
The thing my mom always asks me to make is…meatloaf. I have a very old cookbook, called the I Hate to Cook Cookbook, and the meatloaf recipe in it was one of the very first things I learned how to make on my own. Maybe that association (having someone else cook dinner) is why it’s always seemed special to her, but she says she just really likes it–it’s homey and she eats out almost all the time these days. I’ll probably make a whole kind of retro dinner, so it’ll be meatloaf, a salad made of iceberg lettuce wedges with lots of roasted beets and blue cheese dressing, peas with bacon and sauteed scallions and a little bit of sauteed romaine or some other leafy lettuce, and mashed potatoes. Fresh strawberry pie for dessert. Mmm.
I am a fan on facebook. I will be making salsa verde pork and chipolte coleslaw.
I would love it if my Mom were still here so I could cook anything for her. She loved to cook for special occasions, and I am just like her in that way. If she were alive, I’d probably make something really fancy and French and serve it with champagne. She would get such a kick out of that!
I’d make her this Baked Ziti recipe I have that she loves.
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