Mushroom & Chestnut Rotolo
A British dinner. Ready in about 58 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 28 minPrep (about)
- 30 minCook (about)
- 58 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 15 oz lasagne sheet
Fresh & other
- 1 ⅓ oz mushrooms
- 11 oz chestnuts
- 4 challots
- 4 cloves garlic
- 4 sprigs rosemary Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs. Dried works (use a third as much).
- 1.4 lb wild mushrooms
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp white wine
- ¼ cup + 1 tbsp breadcrumbs
- ⅔ handful sage Shopping tip: Fresh sage leaves. Dried works (use a third as much).
Sauces & oils
- 2 ½ tbsp soy sauce
- to serve truffle oil
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Soak your dried mushrooms in 1 ⅓ cups + 2 tbsp boiling water.
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Set aside until needed.
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Blitz 1 of the chestnut with ½ cup + 2 tbsp water till creamy.
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Roughly chop the remaining chestnuts.
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Heat 2 ½ tbsp olive oil in a big non-stick frying pan.
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Fry your shallots with a pinch of salt till softened.
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Add the garlic, chopped chestnuts and rosemary.
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Fry for 2 mins more.
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Add the some seasoning, 2 ½ tbsp oil and wild mushrooms.
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Heat for 3 mins till they begin to soften.
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Drain and roughly chop the dried mushrooms.
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Add those too, along using the soy sauce.
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Fry for 2 mins more.
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Whisk the chestnut cream together, reserved mushroom liquid and wine to create a sauce.
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Season.
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Add half to the mushroom mix in the pan.
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Heat for 1 min till the sauce becomes glossy.
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Remove and discard the rosemary sprigs.
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Set the mixture aside.
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Turn the oven on to 350°F (325°F for a fan oven).
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Bring a big pan of salted water to your boil and get a big bowl of ice water ready.
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Drop the lasagne sheets in the boiling water for 2 mins until pliable and a little cooked.
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Right away plunge them into the cold water.
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Separate the sheets using your fingers.
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Move to a clean tea towel.
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Spread a good spoonful of your sauce on the bottom two thirds of every sheet, then, rolling away from yourself.
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Roll up the shorter ends.
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Cut each roll in half.
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Position your rolls of pasta cut-side up in pie dish that you are happy to dish up from at the table.
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If you have any mushroom sauce rest of the after you’ve rolled up all your sheets, push it in some of the exposed rolls of pasta.
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Pour the rest of your sauce over the top of the pasta.
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Bake for 10 mins till your pasta no longer has resistance when tested with a skewer.
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While that cooks, put the breadcrumbs, the last some seasoning, sage leaves and 2 ½ tbsp olive oil in a bowl.
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Toss everything together.
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Scatter your rotolo with the crumbs and sage.
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Cook in the oven for another 10 mins, till the top is golden plus the sage leaves are crispy.
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Leave to cool for 10 mins to let the pasta to absorb the sauce.
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Drizzle using little truffle oil, if like, before taking your dish to your table.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.