April showers mushroom, prosciutto pasta
Pasta and macaroni
Italian cuisine
It's been a cold and rainy spring in New York City. And it seems I always end up making pasta with mushrooms when it's raining. <br /> <br />When I was a child in Calcutta, looking discontentedly out of our windows at the relentless monsoon rains spoiling my play time, my mother would tell me not to be sad, because the rains would bring up flowers, and new leaves, and mushrooms. I was fascinated with the Bengali term for mushroom - <em>Bang'er chata</em>. The words, literally translated, mean "a frog's umbrella." When the rains let up for a bit, I'd go searching for mushrooms and peak beneath them for frogs. <br /> <br />May be that 's why, even as an adult, I think of mushrooms whenever it's raining. This is a pasta dinner for a rainy spring evening that comes together fairly easily and is versatile. You can switch out another spring vege for the mushrooms, such as asparagus or leave out the prosciutto to make it vegetarian. I've even made it without tomatoes. Any way you decide to make it, you will go to bed satisfied, dreaming of frog princes.
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