Sautéed Pine Mushrooms & Linguini

My guy was all excited about this dish. Considered a delicacy by Korean and Japanese cultures, Pine Mushrooms are unlike most other mushrooms you may buy or harvest locally. Through a friend, he obtained about a dozen of these beautiful white, dense mushrooms which typically can be found in coniferous forests underneath the boughs of pine trees.

Some Say The Mushrooms Carry The Taste of Pine

He sliced the mushrooms thicker than normal, probably a 1/4' inch thick and sauteed them in butter and a little oil, then added about a 1/2 cup of white wine to help them sweat a little! When that cooked down he added a little more butter, garlic, minced basil and toasted pine nuts (of course!). It was smelling soooo goood! He let me taste one, it was still a little chewy but the flavor was so good, I'd say creamy, earthy, woody. But not piney.

He Kept Swatting My Hand Away!

Yep! I think I could have just ate the sautéed mushrooms straight from the pan.......Well actually that's exactly what I was doing with my fork when he wasn't looking! He can be such a killjoy!! Just before adding the linguini, he added 1/4 cup of heavy cream to make it a little more saucy to coat the linguini.

Tonight I served our "house" Sauvignon Blanc, Muirwood from Arroyo Seco. Such a good wine! Pick this up at most Total Wine stores.

I give this dinner an A+ rating

because we both went back for seconds and there were no leftovers!!

He hasn't captured this recipe yet as a downloadable PDF, so let us know if you are interested and I will send it to you!