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Pasta il Funghi: 

The Witches’ Woodland Feast

**Offerings from the Earth (Ingredients):**

- 1 lb of pasta (spaghetti or penne, strands of fate or hollow wands)

- 1 lb of wild Pohr Ty Nim Mushrooms —gifts of the forest’s shadow)

- 3 cloves of garlic (bulbs of warding, crushed under the moon’s gaze)

- 4 tbsp of olive oil (elixir of the ancient groves)

- 1/2 cup of heavy cream (the cauldron’s silken brew)

- 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan (dust of the aged crypts)

- 1 tsp of thyme (whispered secrets of the herb witches)

- Salt and black pepper (grains of the earth and night’s essence)

- A handful of parsley (green tendrils of the witch’s garden), chopped finely

**The Ritual (Instructions):**

1. **Summon the Waters**  

   Fill your cauldron with water, blessed by the spirits of the deep. Set it aflame beneath the moon’s watchful eye until it roars with bubbles. Cast in a pinch of salt, an offering to the tides, and plunge the pasta into its swirling depths. Let it dance for 8-10 minutes, until it bends to your will (al dente). Drain it, but steal a chalice of its starchy essence (pasta water) for later sorcery.

2. **Harvest the Shadows**  

   Cleanse your mushrooms with a damp cloth, banishing the soil of their birth. Slice them thin, as if carving runes into the night. Set them aside, their earthy power latent until called forth.

3. **Ignite the Elixir**  

   In a wide skillet—your coven’s sacred circle—pour the olive oil and kindle it over a medium flame. Add the garlic, crushed and fragrant, a ward against the mundane. Let it sizzle and chant its golden song for a mere minute, lest it burn and curse the brew.

4. **Invoke the Forest Spirits**  

   Toss the mushrooms into the skillet, letting them writhe and release their dark juices. Stir with a wooden wand, seasoned by thyme, salt, and pepper. Cook for 5-7 minutes, until they soften and the air hums with their woodland musk.

5. **Weave the Potion**  

   Pour the heavy cream into the circle, a binding of richness and mystery. Add a splash of the reserved pasta water, a thread of fate to tie the spell together. Let it simmer and thicken, stirring as the elements meld for 2-3 minutes.

6. **Seal the Enchantment**  

   Call the pasta back to the skillet, entwining it with the mushroom elixir. Sprinkle the Parmesan like ashes of wisdom, stirring until the strands or wands gleam with creamy power. Taste, and adjust with salt or pepper—balance is the witch’s creed.

7. **Crown the Offering**  

   Scatter the parsley atop your creation, a final flourish of green magic. Serve it hot, under candlelight or starlight, and let the coven feast on this gift from the earth and flame.

**The Yield:**  

A banquet for 4 souls, or 2 with ravenous hunger forged by midnight rites.

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Enjoy this bewitched dish, and may it nourish both body and spirit!