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Fregula with mushrooms recipe

This easy and delicious fregula recipe with mushrooms, white wine and Parmesan is the perfect vegetarian meal or hearty side dish for dinner.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: One Pot Meals
Cuisine: Italian-American
Servings: 6 cups
Calories: 158kcal
Author: Cheryl Bennett

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 large shallots thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup white wine // 60ml
  • 8 oz. cremini mushrooms cleaned and sliced // 250g
  • 1 - 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 3 cups stock vegetable or chicken // 720ml
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups fregula / fregola // 260g
  • Parmesan cheese rind optional, but highly recommended *see notes
  • 1/2 bunch flat-leaf Italian parsley washed, dried and finely chopped // about 1/3 cup // 80ml

Instructions

  • In a medium-sized Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add sliced shallots to pot and stir to coat with oil.
  • Let them cook for 8 - 10 minutes until they begin to caramelize. (Reduce heat if they are browning too quickly.)
  • Add wine and reduce by half. (This should take 4 - 5 minutes.)
  • Next, add the mushrooms to the shallots. Season with salt and pepper, stir to combine and add the sprig of rosemary. (Mushrooms will release a lot of liquid, it will take 20 - 25 minutes for them to cook down.) Stir mushrooms occasionally to prevent burning and scrape the bottom of the pot to get all the yummy brown bits that have stuck as it is cooking.
  • Add the fregula and garlic, stir it to combine, then add the stock. Add the cheese rind if you have one.
  • Bring to a boil over medium high heat, then cover and reduce heat to medium/medium low. Simmer for 10 - 12 minutes.
  • Remove lid and continue to cook for an additional 2 - 4 minutes, until fregola has thickened slightly.
  • Turn off the heat. Add all but 2 tablespoons of the chopped parsley to the fregula. Stir to combine. Serve with extra grated parmesan and the remaining parsley on top.

Notes

If you happen to have a piece of cheese rind from a hunk of Parmesan, toss it in to the pot. I stash them in the freezer to use in pots of soup or meals like this. The piece I used was about 3 or 4 inches long, but use whatever you have. Some stores (like Whole Foods), sell cheese rinds - ask someone in the cheese department.
To keep this dish vegetarian - use vegetable stock, not chicken stock.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 245mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g