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Farfalle with mushrooms and spinach

Farfalle con funghi e spinaci

SERVES 4PREPARATION 10 minutesCOOKING 20 minutes

If you love creamy mushroom sauces, this vegetarian pasta dish is the one for you. When I was filming the latest TV series I prepared it at the Tuscan winery Casa al Vento for my friends Francesco and Giuseppe, after a welldeserved Chianti Classico wine bath. Yes, that’s right! I bathed in red wine. Apparently, the Romans believed that bathing in wine purified the skin and had rejuvenating powers. Of course, I now look 20 years younger!

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tbsp olive oil
50g salted butter
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves•  • • • • • •

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