Mushroom & Chestnut Rotolo
A rich, comforting vegetarian rotolo filled with chestnuts and mixed mushrooms, wrapped in tender lasagne sheets and topped with crunchy sage breadcrumbs—earthy, savory and perfect for sharing.

Ingredients
main
- mushrooms (dried)
- 240 g chestnuts
- 3 pcs shallots
- 3 pcs garlic cloves
- 3 pcs rosemary sprigs
- 500 g wild mushrooms
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 125 ml white wine
- 350 g lasagne sheets
- 4 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 0.5 handful sage
- truffle oil (to serve)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
Directions
- Soak the dried mushrooms in 350 ml boiling water and set aside.
- Blitz 75% of the chestnuts with 150 ml water until creamy and roughly chop the remaining chestnuts.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the shallots with a pinch of salt until softened.
- Add the garlic, chopped chestnuts and rosemary and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the wild mushrooms, 2 tbsp olive oil and seasoning and cook for 3 minutes until they begin to soften.
- Drain and roughly chop the soaked dried mushrooms reserving the soaking liquid, then add them and the soy sauce and fry for 2 minutes.
- Whisk the white wine, reserved mushroom liquid and chestnut cream together to make a sauce, season and add half to the mushroom mixture and cook 1 minute until glossy.
- Remove and discard rosemary sprigs and set the mixture aside.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and bring a large pan of salted water to the boil with a bowl of ice water ready.
- Drop lasagne sheets into boiling water for 2 minutes or until pliable, then plunge into cold water, separate and transfer to a clean tea towel.
- Spread a spoonful of the sauce on the bottom two thirds of each sheet, roll away from yourself and roll up the shorter ends, then cut each roll in half.
- Position rolls cut-side up in a pie dish and push any remaining sauce into exposed rolls.
- Pour the rest of the sauce over the pasta and bake 10 minutes or until pasta has no resistance with a skewer.
- Mix breadcrumbs, last 2 tbsp olive oil, sage leaves and seasoning in a bowl and toss.
- Scatter crumbs and sage over the rotolo and bake another 10 minutes until golden and crispy.
- Leave to cool 10 minutes to let pasta absorb the sauce, then drizzle with truffle oil if liked and serve.