Wild Mushroom & Butter Bean Pasta - Ridley’s Family Market

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh butter beans or other shelling beans (from about 2 # in the pod), or 1 cup dried cannelini or other white bean, cleaned
• 1 small bay leaf
• Salt & pepper
• 3 oz thickly sliced pancetta or slab bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch wide lardons
• Extra virgin oil
• 1 med red onion diced
• 12 oz wild chanterelle mushrooms, thickly sliced or chopped or a mixture of pale oyster mushrooms
• 3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp crushed pepper flakes to taste
• 1 tsp freshly chopped rosemary, plus a sprig for the pasta pot
• 1 # bucatini, spaghetti or other dry pasta
• 2 tbsp roughly chopped parsley
• Parmesan or pecorino cheese, grated (optional)