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Place mushrooms in a small bowl; add warm water to cover and let stand for 10 to 20 minutes to rehydrate. Drain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid. Chop mushrooms and set aside.

Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or similar-sized deep pan over medium-high heat. Add the ground lamb and brown slowly, scraping the bottom of the pan and reducing the heat as necessary to keep the lamb from browning too fast, until the meat is well-browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Add a pinch of salt, pepper and red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute more. Use a slotted spoon to transfer lamb to a bowl leaving as much of the fat in the pan as possible.

Reduce heat to medium. Add carrots, shallots, garlic, and reconstituted chopped mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened somewhat, about 6 minutes. Add tomato paste; cook for 2 minutes more stirring the whole time. Add wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to remove the browned bits, and cook until wine has mostly cooked off, about 3 minutes. Pour in the reserved mushroom soaking liquid (take care to avoid any sediment), the broth, half the tarragon, and both thyme sprigs. Return browned lamb to pan and bring liquid to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low or low and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally and breaking up the meat, until most of the liquid is reduced and the meat is saucy, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove thyme sprigs and discard. The sauce can be made ahead several hours or several days to this point. Gently reheat with a few tablespoons water before continuing.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. 

This dish calls for maltagliati, “badly” hand-cut, fresh pasta. To make it, cut freshly made egg pasta sheets into random-sized, 2 to 4‑inch trapezoids. Don’t worry about making each piece exactly the same size, shape, or thickness. The pasta should have an irregular look. Lay the cut pasta on parchment-lined baking sheets sprinkled with semolina in a single layer. Cover with plastic wrap if you don’t plan to cook it immediately.

When ready to serve add pasta, one piece after another to avoid sticking, to the boiling water and cook, stirring occasionally, a couple of minutes until tender but still firm (it will cook further in the sauce). Drain the cooked pasta and transfer to the pan with the lamb sauce, retaining about a cup of the pasta water. 

Add thawed artichokes and cooked fava beans to the pasta in lamb sauce. Turn the pan to a simmer; season to taste with salt and pepper. Continue to cook pasta in the sauce, gently tossing occasionally with tongs, until sauce begins to thicken and cling to pasta. If the pan seems dry add a splash or two of the reserved pasta water as needed. Stir in ½ cup Pecorino Romano. Divide pasta among shallow bowls or plates and sprinkle with remaining tarragon and Pecorino Romano evenly on top of each bowl or plate.