Food Network: Farfalle with Sausage and Porcini Mushrooms: Corzetti alla Novese

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Farfalle with Sausage and Porcini Mushrooms: Corzetti alla Novese
Recipe courtesy Mario Batali

Ingredients
For the pasta:
4 cups semolina flour
6 eggs
6 tablespoons dry white wine
Pinch salt

For the ragu:
4 porcini mushrooms
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 small clove garlic, thinly sliced

1/2 pound fresh Italian sausage, ground or cut into bite-sized chunks
4 large, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and roughly chopped, with their juices
1 cup red wine
Salt
1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped to yield 1/4 cup
Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, plus a chunk for serving

Instructions
To make the pasta: Sift together and then mound 2 1/4
cups of the flour and a pinch of salt in the center of a large wooden cutting
board. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs. Using a fork, beat
together the eggs and the wine, and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with
the inner rim of the well.

As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to
retain the well shape. The dough will come together when half of the flour is
incorporated.

Start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands. Knead for
about 15 minutes, adding any of the remaining flour, if necessary to create a
cohesive mass. Once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and
scrape up and discard any leftover bits. Lightly reflour the board and continue
kneading for 6 more minutes. The dough should be elastic and a little sticky. Wrap
the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature. After
the dough has rested, use a sharp knife to cut the dough into medium pieces. Put
through a pasta machine and cut into 3-inch strips.Using your thumb and
forefinger, shape these pasta pieces into farfalle, or butterfly shaped pasta,
squeezing at the center to form to wider sides, then flattening both sides to

resemble wings. Repeat with the remaining dough. Set the farfalle on a baking
sheet dusted with semolina flour and cover with a damp kitchen towel until ready
to cook.

Bring 6 quarts water to a rolling boil and add 2 tablespoons salt.

Using a damp cloth, carefully clean the porcini mushrooms. Slice the mushrooms
into medium size pieces.

In a 12 to 14-inch saucepan, heat the oil until hot but not smoking. Add the onion
and garlic, and cook until soft and light golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the
sausage and cook until golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes more. Add the mushrooms,
mixing well to combine, and season, to taste. Add the tomatoes and their juices
and the wine, salting lightly as you add. Cover, and let cook over medium heat

until the tomatoes soften and exude more juices, about 15 to 20 minutes, stirring
occasionally.

Add the pasta to the boiling water. Cook until tender but still al dente, about 7
to 8 minutes. Drain well, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid. Add the pasta
to the sausage mixture and toss over high heat until well combined. Add some of
the pasta cooking water, 1 tablespoon at a time, if the pasta is too dry. Sprinkle
with parsley and Parmigiano. Serve immediately in warmed pasta bowls with a chunk
of Parmigiano on the side for grating.