What have you got at home? This recipe is all about what you have.
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1/4 pound dry pasta
- 1/4 cup dried mushrooms, crumbled to bite-size
- 1/2 cup cooking greens (kale, collards, chard, spinach, or turnip greens), chopped to bite-size
- 1/4 cup chopped cured meat (speck, prosciutto, pancetta, or bacon*)
- 1/4 cup chicken broth, warm
- Parmesan cheese
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Boil enough water to more than cover pasta. When water is boiling, ladle out enough to cover mushrooms in a small bowl and set aside. Add a dash of salt to the boiling water and cook pasta to within 1 minute of being done. Add the greens, drain, and toss with remaining ingredients.Certain cured meats like bacon and pancetta should be lightly sautée in a small skillet before adding to the dish, speck and prosciutto can be eaten as they come from the market. If it's something you serve on a cheese plate, it doesn't need to be cooked.