Pasta with Carne Macchinato and Mushrooms.

So yesterday was St. Francesco's feast day and seeing as he is the patron Saint of the town where I live I was awakened at 5am with the market setting up for the day's festivities. Argh! Then at 6am the fireworks started so therefore I decided it was time to get up and start another day.....Anyhoo last night hubby decided he wanted a typical dish that is eaten on this feast day, Pasta with mince and mushrooms. I was happy as it's easy to make and most of all quick seeing as I didn't get home until 9pm. Long day, so here's the recipe for 4 people. There was some left over so this quick and easy plate is also on the menu for lunch today!
You can also prepare more sauce and freeze it for an even quicker midweek dinner!

• extra virgin olive oil
•  2 cloves of garlic
• 100g ground beef
• 50g of ground veal
• 50g ground pork
• 1 can of beer, I use a good quality lager
• 500ml of tomato passata
• 100g porcini mushrooms, cut into chunks
• 1 chilli pepper, salt and pepper to season

Preparation

1. sauté the garlic in oil,
2. add the meat and brown
3. add the beer and allow to evaporate
4. add the tomato passata and cook for 30 minutes on a low flame, season and cover
5. boil the water for the pasta and cook (100g pasta per person cooked in 1 litre of water per 100g of pasta)
6. add the mushrooms, cover and simmer until the pasta is cooked
7. serve while piping hot