Farro Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Hazelnuts

Name: Farro Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Hazelnuts
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup blanched hazelnuts; 1 3/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth; 1 1 teaspoon Sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar; 1 Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper; 1 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 1 pound maitake mushrooms, torn into bite-size pieces; 1 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 1/2 cup dry white wine; 1 12 ounces farro spaghetti; 1 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

From the kitchen of Carly

Nutty farro spaghetti cloaked in a silky hazelnut cream sauce with caramelized maitake mushrooms and garlic. The toasted hazelnuts add depth, while a touch of lemon zest brightens everything. Earthy, elegant, and deeply satisfying.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

11/2 cup blanched hazelnuts
13/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
11 teaspoon Sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
1Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
11/4 cup olive oil
11 pound maitake mushrooms, torn into bite-size pieces
12 garlic cloves, finely chopped
11/2 cup dry white wine
112 ounces farro spaghetti
11 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 8–10 minutes. Let cool; set a small handful aside. Blend broth and remaining nuts in a blender until very smooth, about 5 minutes. Transfer hazelnut stock to a small bowl and stir in vinegar; season with salt and pepper.
Heat oil in a large skillet over mediumhigh. Add mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook, tossing occasionally, until golden brown, 8–10 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add wine. Bring to a vigorous simmer and cook until wine is slightly reduced, about 2 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente (pasta will still be opaque and very firm in the center). Drain pasta, reserving 1 1/2 cups pasta cooking liquid.
Add pasta, 1 cup pasta cooking liquid, and 1/2 cup hazelnut stock to mushrooms and cook, tossing often and adding more cooking liquid to help finish cooking pasta and more hazelnut stock to help thicken sauce, until pasta is al dente and sauce is thickened and coats pasta, about 5 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Just before serving, finely grate reserved hazelnuts over pasta and top with lemon zest.