Chifferini Rigati with mushroom duxelles, roasted pumpkin, and creamy truffle sauce
Dish type
Vegetarian
Complexity
Difficult
Cooking time
40 min
Servings
4 servings
Chifferini Rigati with mushroom duxelles, roasted pumpkin, and creamy truffle sauce
Ingredients (for 4 servings):
- Chifferini Rigati — 350 g
- Champignons — 200 g
- White mushrooms — 100 g
- Shallot onion — 1 piece
- Garlic — 2 cloves
- Butter — 20 g
- Pumpkin — 250 g
- Olive oil — 2 tbsp.
- Paprika — ½ tsp.
- Nutmeg — a pinch
- Cream 20–30% — 250 ml
- White wine — 80 ml
- Truffle oil — ½–1 tsp.
- Hard cheese — 40 g
- Thyme — a pinch
- Salt, black pepper — to taste
- Parsley or microgreens — for serving
Preparation:
- Cut the pumpkin into small cubes, mix with olive oil, paprika, nutmeg, and salt.
Place on a baking sheet and roast for about 20 minutes at 200°C until the pumpkin is soft and slightly caramelized. - Finely chop the mushrooms, white mushrooms, shallots, and garlic.
Melt butter in a pan and sauté this mixture for 10–12 minutes until the liquid evaporates and the mixture becomes thick and aromatic.
Season with salt and pepper – this will be the mushroom duxelles. - For the creamy truffle sauce, heat white wine in a small saucepan and reduce it by half.
Add cream and thyme, season with a little salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.
Add grated hard cheese, mix until smooth, remove from heat, and stir in truffle oil (do not bring to a boil). - Cook Chifferini Rigati in salted water until al dente.
Drain the water, reserving 3–4 tablespoons of pasta water to adjust the sauce consistency. - In a large pan, combine the pasta, mushroom duxelles, and part of the creamy truffle sauce.
Add a little pasta water to make the sauce silky and coat the pasta well.
Gently mix in half of the roasted pumpkin, leaving the other half for serving. - Plate the pasta, top with cubes of roasted pumpkin, sprinkle with microgreens or parsley, and optionally add a little more grated cheese.
Before serving, you can add a few drops of truffle oil to enhance the aroma.
Meat
Easy
20 min
4 servings
Chifferini Rigati with chicken and mushrooms in a creamy sauce
Chifferini Rigati with chicken and mushrooms in a creamy sauce is a fragrant and hearty dish in which tender chicken is combined with juicy mushrooms and a thick creamy sauce. Spicy herbs add depth to the dish, while hard cheese creates an appetizing creamy texture. It is quick and easy to prepare, making it perfect for a delicious home-cooked dinner when you want something nutritious and very tender.
