Spaghetti with Mushroom and Tomato Sauce (Quick Mushroom Ragu)

From America's Test Kitchen Season 13: Great Italian Pasta Sauces

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Using pancetta and its fat in our Spaghetti with Mushroom and Tomato Sauce recipe compensated for the lean nature of the mushrooms and made our mushroom ragu meatier. Portobello mushrooms gave our dish bulk, while smoky porcini gave it concentrated flavor. Adding tomato paste and fresh crushed tomatoes to our mushrooms after they’d browned sweetened our sauce but also let the mushrooms shine through.

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Making a true, long-simmered Italian meat sauce means tending the pot for hours. Is it possible to achieve deep, satisfying flavor in just 30 minutes?

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Serves 4

Use a spoon to scrape the dark brown gills from the portobellos.

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