Name: Linguine with garlic mushrooms and sage
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 150g linguine; 25g butter; 250g chestnut mushrooms, sliced; 1 clove garlic, crushed; a good pinch chilli flakes; a handful of leaves sage, chopped; ½ lemon, juiced; 50g parmesan or grana padano, finely grated

150g linguine
25g butter
250g chestnut mushrooms
sliced
1 clove garlic
crushed
a good pinch chilli flakes
a handful of leaves sage
chopped
½ lemon
juiced
50g parmesan or grana padano
finely grated

Method

step 1
Cook the linguine. Heat the butter in a frying pan, add the mushrooms and fry until really soft and golden and any liquid has reduced to almost nothing.Add the garlic and chilli and cook for 2-3 minutes, then stir in the sage and cook for another minute. Season really well.
step 2
Drain the pasta but keep a teacupful of the cooking water. Add the linguine to the mushroom pan with the lemon juice, parmesan and enough pasta water to make a light sauce. Toss everything together until the pasta is coated then serve.