Pasta with Tomato Sauce and Mushrooms
1 pound pasta
3/4 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
1 pound canned plum tomatoes
1 finely chopped small onion
3 tablespoons fresh finely chopped Italian parsley
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt to taste
Soak the mushrooms in water. In a sauce pan heat the oil and then saute the onions in it. In the mean time pass the tomatoes through a vegetable ricer food mill. Squeeze the excess water from the mushrooms, cut them into pieces and add them to the onions and mix in well. Then add the tomato sauce mix in again and salt to taste. Simmer the sauce for 15 minutes. Prepare the pasta while the sauce is cooking. When the sauce is cooked remove it from the heat and add the parsley. Drain the pasta, add it to the sauce and mix it until well combined. Serve hot with fresh grated Parmesan. Serves 4.
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