3 MUSHROOM AND EGG PENNE

I love meat, but when I was at Meat and Buns, I was blown away by the black pepper mushrooms that they served with the hotdogs so much so that I bought those mushrooms and tried to cook it in different styles. this was one of them. People who know me well were surprised that I'd do a meat free dish, as seem from a screenshot of my facebook posting below.... ;-)

Well Ping, don't worry, rest assured it's me :-D. And for those of you who want to know how it's made, here are what you need.

Ingredients

Olive oil

A handful of roughly chopped coriander leaves

A whole chopped garlic

1 big onion, roughly chopped

3 types of your favourite fresh mushrooms, roughly chopped

Mozzarella cheese

Parmesan cheese

2 eggs

2 portions of penne

2 tablespoons of italian herbs ( you can also just use oregano and thyme)

truffle oil

Method

In a pot of boiling water with some salt, cook the penne till al-dente, and when it's done, drain the water, mix some olive oil, coriander leaves and a handful of mozzarella cheese in an oven proof bowl. 

In a pot of salted boiling water, cook the eggs for 5mins, take them out and immediately soak the eggs in a bowl of ice water. This is to prevent the yolk from overcooking as we want the yolk runny

On a hot pan with olive oil, throw in the garlic, onion, mushrooms and the italian herbs and cook till the mushrooms are done.

now, mix the penne and the mushrooms, sprinkle more mozzarella and parmesan  cheese on top, put the bowl in a hot oven until the parmesan cheese browns.

Now you can plate the dish, peel the shell off the egg, place the egg on top of the pasta, poke a hole so that the runny yolk will spill on the pasta, sprinkle some truffle oil and garnish with some coriander leaves.

Now, you have a really good tasting, meat-free meal that even a neanderthal meat eater like me would wipe the plate clean! 

Enjoy!