Ingredients

  • 1 cup beet (canned or cooked and processed in a food processor )
  • 1 lb soba noodles, cooked
  • 1 lb button mushroom
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 4 ounces pancetta
  • 2 tablespoons sweet butter
  • 1/2 onion, diced (he used yellow onion)
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced with a microplane
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 1 teaspoon madras curry
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons chives, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
  • salt & pepper

Method

  • Wash and dry the button mushrooms. Place them in a food processor. Mix the corn starch into the mushrooms. Process until it's finely chopped.
  • Cut the pancetta into lardons. Saute the pancetta with the butter slowly, until golden brown.
  • Add the onion to the pot, and cook until translucent. Using a microplane, mince the garlic directly into the onion and pancetta. Add the mushroom mixture. Add three tablespoons of the beet puree.
  • You can keep the rest of the beets in the freezer, to use another time.
  • Add the nutmeg, tomato paste, cream, curry, and soy sauce, and cook slowly for 20 minutes. It will thicken like a bolognese. Season with salt and Pepper.
  • Add the cooked soba noodles and sprinkle with parmesan cheese and chopped chives.