Oct 19, 2021
Breakfast Wrap
Ingredients
4 round flour tortillas (15-cm diameter)
20 g butter
100 g swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
6 eggs, lightly whisked
2 tbsp milk or cream
8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
50 g baby spinach
2 tbsp finely sliced green shallots
tomato chutney or sauce to serve
Directions
Preheat oven to 160ºC. Wrap the tortillas in foil. Heat in oven for 10 minutes or until hot.
Heat half the butter in a medium non-stick frying pan. Add mushrooms and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a warm bowl. Wipe the frying pan clean with kitchen towel.
Whisk together egg and milk or cream in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Melt remaining butter in the frying pan. Add egg mixture and cook over medium heat, stirring Until mixture is cooked but still creamy. Remove from heat and transfer to a warm bowl.
Serve immediately with the warm tortillas, mushrooms, baby spinach and green shallots. Serve with tomato chutney or sauce.
Oct 14, 2021
Garlic Mushroom Sourdough
Ingredients
1 tbsp vegan butter
3 cups button/cup mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
¼ red onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
½ tsp dried thyme
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
½ tsp cracked black pepper
1 handful of baby spinach
1 handful of cherry tomatoes, halved
2 pieces of toasted sourdough
½ avocado, smashed
½ lemon
1 sprinkle of fresh parsley
1 salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Heat butter in a large fry pan on medium-high heat
Sauté onion (2-3 minutes)
Add mushrooms and continue to cook for 4-5 minutes or until golden
Add your thyme, balsamic vinegar, crushed garlic, black pepper and cook for another few minutes, until fragrant
Push mushrooms to the side and add your spinach and tomatoes
Cook spinach until wilted and tomatoes until coloured
Add avocado and mushrooms to sourdough
Add wilted spinach and cherry tomatoes to the plate
Garnish with salt and pepper, lemon, and parsley
May 19, 2021
Mushroom and chive gyoza
Ingredients
Gyoza
300 g cup mushrooms, finely diced
1 ½ tbsp ginger, minced
1 garlic clove, minced
200 g wombok cabbage, finely diced
1 tsp tamari sauce
½ bunch Asian chives, finally chopped
25 gyoza wrappers (round Gow Gee pastry)
Vegetable oil for cooking
Water
Dipping sauce
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp ginger, minced
¼ cup rice wine vinegar
½ tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp tamari sauce or soy sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 small chilli, finally sliced
To serve
1 tbsp Asian shallots, thinly sliced
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Directions
Combine the dipping sauce ingredients into a jar and shake well. Set aside until you’re ready to serve.
To make the gyoza, heat a drizzle of vegetable oil in a wok or large heavy base fry pan with high sides on medium heat. Add ginger and garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes, then add the mushrooms to the pan. Cook until the mushrooms turn a golden brown colour.
Add the wombok cabbage and stir through. After 1 minute or once the cabbage has wilted down and turned translucent, add 1 tsp tamari or soy sauce. Allow to simmer for a further 2 minutes.
Turn off the heat, add the Asian chives, and stir through.
Transfer the gyoza mixture to a sieve to drain off any excess liquid while it cools down.
Once the mix has completely cooled down, the gyoza can be wrapped. Place 1 1/2 tsp (depending on how big your wrappers are) of mixture into the center of the wrapper. Brush the edge of the wrapper with water, then fold over the wrap so it looks like a half moon shape. Gently press the wrapper seams together along the joined seam. Set aside while the rest are made. Lay a tea towel over the top to prevent them from drying out.
Heat up a heavy base fry pan to medium-high heat. Add a good drizzle of vegetable oil and place the gyoza’s bottom side down (so the seam is at the top). Allow to fry for a few minutes until the base of the pastry is a golden brown colour. Add a splash of water to the pan (stand back to prevent it staying back on you) and place a lid on to steam them for a couple of minutes. Once the pastry has changed to a transparent colour and all the water has evaporated gently remove them from the pan. Set them aside while the remainder are cooked.
Serve the gyoza on a platter with the dipping sauce in a small bowl to the side. Sprinkle over the top toasted sesame seeds and freshly sliced Asian shallots.
Nov 20, 2020
Grilled portobello mushrooms
Ingredients
8 portobello mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
small handful rosemary leaves
small handful lemon thyme sprigs, plus extra for serving
1 lemon, halved
Directions
Preheat a barbeque or chargrill to high.
Brush the mushrooms with olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.
Place on the grill and cook for 5 minutes on each side or until softened. Sprinkle over the herbs for the last few minutes.
Place the lemon halves, cut side down onto the grill and cook until nicely caramelised.
Transfer the mushrooms and lemons to a platter and sprinkle over some more fresh lemon thyme. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Oct 9, 2019
Mushrooms on Sourdough, Spanish Style
Ingredients
½ fresh garlic clove
2 slices crusty bread (fresh or even a few days old), toasted or grilled
1 large ripe tomato, at room temperature
Generous drizzle of good quality extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ tsp Pinch Spanish paprika
200 g Swiss Brown mushrooms, halved (1x punnet)
1 tbsp butter
½ lemon, zested and juice
3 sprigs thyme
4 thin slices Jamón Serrano (remove if vegetarian)
Directions
Rub the fresh garlic against the grilled sourdough.
Halve the tomato and grate it on a box grater, discarding the skin onto a plate.
Place the grated tomato onto a plate, then add a splash of olive oil and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Stir to combine.
Spoon the ‘tomato sauce’ onto the 2 slices of bread.
On a griddle pan on high heat with a splash of olive oil, grill the mushrooms for 2 minutes each side till marked with grill lines. Then add butter, lemon zest, juice, and thyme and baste the mushrooms with a spoon.
Top bread with thinly sliced Jamón Serrano and mushrooms.
Top tip
Enjoy as is or try it with fried eggs and haloumi. Choose good quality sourdough, like Brasserie Bread, to best compliment the mushrooms and absorb the delicious flavours.
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