Penne Con Crimini

        A delicious white pasta. So easy to do and so tasty. When I've discovered this pasta they became my favorite over the red ones. Don't gate me wrong, red sauce pasta are pure heavenly, but the white ones, I can't even describe how good they are.

        I've tasted a variety of this recipe at a restaurant, and I've tried to recreate it at home. I do have to say that even if I don't know exactly what that chef used, mine tasted almost the same, so I guess I did a good job :)



        Ingredients:

        - 200g penne
        - 3-4 big Crimini mushrooms
        - 1 small onion
        - 100-150g chicken breast
        - salt, pepper
        - Parmesan cheese

        White Sauce:

         - 100 ml cooking cream
         - 1 teaspoon of flour
         - salt and pepper
         - dry basil


         Boil water and salt in a big pan. When the water boils, add the pasta and boil them as the package instruction you to.

        While the pasta are boiling, wash and cut the chicken breast into cubes and in a non-sticking pan fry it in a tablespoon of vegetable oil. After they turn golden, get them out into a bowl. Make sure you don't fry them for too long because they won't be moist anymore, and will harden. Also, don't add salt, as that will make the water to get out of the chicken and will harden it.

        Cut the onion in two and then julienne both half. Also fry it into one tablespoon of oil. When it starts to caramelize take it out and put it in the same bowl as the chicken. The onion is caramelized when it is soft and changed the color into golden-brown. This makes it taste sweet.

        Cut each mushroom in two and then slice each half. Fry them as well. They will release water before they start frying. When the water evaporates, fry them until they get golden. Mix them with the chicken and onion and this is when you can add salt and pepper.

        Make the sauce by boiling the cooking cream mixed with the flour, a pinch of salt, pepper and basil. After two or three boils you can remove the pan from the heat. Make sure to mix it continuously to make sure it doesn't curdle. If that happens, don't worry too much about it. Just strain the sauce.

        Strain your penne pasta, add the chicken, mushrooms and onion, pour the white sauce and add 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese and mix all. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top, and serve.


        It's easy, it's fast, and it's really delicious. I hope you will enjoy them as much as all my friends do. Kisses :*


                                                                                     Bon Appétit!