Aug 9, 2018
Mushroomroni ‘n’ Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
200g macaroni pasta
50g butter (for cheese sauce)
1/3 cup plain flour
500mL milk
250g grated cheese (manchego or parmesan)
200g baby spinach, wilted and roughly chopped
400g swiss brown mushrooms cut in quarters (2 x punnets)
1 tbsp oil plus 1 tbsp butter (to cook mushrooms)
1/4 bunch chives, finely chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 180C fan forced or 200C convection.
Cook macaroni in a large pot of salted water according to packet instructions.
Sauté mushrooms in a medium saucepan with a splash of oil and a tbsp of butter till golden. Season and set aside (but don’t clean the pan).
Start the cheese sauce by melting the butter in the same pan and add the flour.
Cook, stirring for 1 minute over medium-low heat.
Gradually add the milk, whisking until smooth. Stir gently until mixture comes just to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat and add grated cheese and stir until melted and smooth.
Meanwhile, in a separate pan, wilt spinach with some olive oil and seasoning for 10-20 seconds. Drain excess water.
Drain pasta and return to the pan. Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta, add mushrooms and spinach and stir until coated.
Season, sprinkle with chives and pour into a lightly greased standard muffin tray. Bake for 10 minutes.
Feb 7, 2018
Mushroom and Haloumi Burger
Ingredients
1 large Portobello or flat mushroom
1 ciabatta roll (or burger bun of your choice!)
½ brown onion, sliced thinly
2 lettuce leaves, chopped roughly
2 tomato slices, sliced thinly
60g haloumi, sliced thinly
¼ tsp chilli flakes
½ tsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp whole egg mayonnaise
1 tbsp basil pesto
Salt & pepper, to season
Directions
Cut the stem of the mushroom and brush any excess soil with a damp cloth.
Into a small bowl, add olive oil, parsley, chilli flakes and a small pinch of salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly. Using a basting brush, brush olive oil mixture all over the mushroom, making sure it’s all covered.
On a small nonstick pan, heat over a medium heat. Cook mushroom for 4-6 minutes on each side, covering it with a lid to steam. Whilst this is cooking, on another small nonstick pan, splash a small amount of olive oil and heat on high. Add onions into the pan with a pinch of salt and cook for 5 minutes.
Take onion out of the pan and add haloumi. Cook until lightly golden brown on each side.
Toast the bread under the grill for 2-3 minutes until lightly toasted.
In a small bowl, add pesto and mayonnaise into a bowl and mix.
It’s time to STACK! On the bottom of the burger bun, smear mayonnaise mixture edge to edge. Add mushroom, onions, haloumi, tomato and lettuce leaves and serve.
Jan 30, 2018
Mediterranean Mushroom and Chorizo Skewers
Ingredients
3 tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon, juiced
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 sp brown sugar
24 button mushrroms
3 chorizo sausages
1 red capsicum
1 yellow capsicum
Tossed salad and lemon wedges, to serve
Directions
Combine oil, lemon juice, paprika and sugar in a large bowl, season with salt and pepper and whisk until well combined. Add the mushrooms and stir to coat all the mushrooms.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour to marinate.
Cut each chorizo into 8 slices. Cut capsicums into pieces. Thread the chorizo, capsicum and mushrooms alternately onto 8 skewers.
Heat a lightly greased barbecue plate on medium-high. Barbecue the skewers, turning often, for 6-8 minutes or until mushrooms and chorizo are warmed through. Serve with salad and lemon wedges.
Oct 6, 2017
Mushroom Paella
Ingredients
600ml Mushroom stock (to make stock soak a handful of dry Mushrooms in veggie stock, or use stock of choice)
250g Spanish rice
250g Flat Mushrooms sliced (3 medium or 2 large)
Chives for garnish
2 Button Mushrooms thinly sliced
2 radishes thinly sliced
50g grated manchego cheese
1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve
Sofrito
2 large ripe oxheart tomatoes, roughly chopped
2 large roasted red capsicums from jar (piquillo)
3 portobello mushrooms, ripped into pieces
4 cloves garlic, peeled
½ bunch parsley
½ bunch chives
25ml olive oil
1 pinch saffron threads
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
Directions
To make the sofrito: Place all ingredients in a food processor and process to a pesto consistency. Heat a 30cm fry pan or paella pan on high heat.
Add sofrito and cook until tomatoes start to become juicy, 3-4 minutes. Add Flat Mushrooms, Mushroom stock and bring to the boil.
Sprinkle in rice and reduce to a medium heat. Continue cooking for about 16-18 minutes. Do not stir! When rice is tender and liquid has almost fully reduced (there should still be some liquid in the paella-pan), cook for a further 2 minutes to achieve ‘soccarrada’ (crust on the bottom of the pan).
Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and garnish with chives, thinly sliced button mushrooms, radish and grated manchego cheese.
Squeeze over lemon juice just before serving.
Oct 3, 2017
Chicken and Mushroom Pie
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
500g chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, cut into 3cm cubes
2 x 250g punnets Swiss Brown Mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed, thickly sliced
50g butter
35g (1/4 cup) plain flour
1½ tsp mixed spice
500ml (2 cups) milk
1 cup frozen peas
2 sheets puff pastry, thawed in the fridge
1 egg yolk
Salt and pepper, to season
Directions
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In batches, cook the chicken for 5 minutes, turning, until browned, then remove from the pan and set aside.
Add the mushrooms, cook for 4 minutes or until golden, tossing the pan frequently, then remove and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium. Melt the butter in the pan, then stir in the flour and mixed spice. Cook for 1 minute before gradually whisking in the milk until thickened slightly.
Return the chicken and mushrooms to the pan and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook for a further 2 minutes or until sauce thickens. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and allow to cool.
Preheat the oven to 190°C. Remove the pastry sheets from the fridge and cut each sheet in half and place one on top of the other. Using a rolling pin, roll the pastry out to a 4mm-thick rectangle that fits the size of a rectangular 1.5-2L baking dish.
Stir the frozen peas through the pie filling mixture to combine, then transfer to the baking dish. Place the pastry over the top to cover, pressing down on the edges with a fork to seal in the filling. Make a small cross-incision in the centre of the pie to allow the steam to escape.
Brush the egg yolk over the surface of the pie, then bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until the pastry is golden. Serve immediately.
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