Aug 4, 2023
Stews make the best soul food and this rustic mushroom stew is no exception.
Ingredients
400 g mixed mushrooms (Swiss Browns, buttons, cups or flat mushrooms)
1 brown onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 –3 sprigs fresh thyme
2 fresh bay leaves
2 sprigs rosemary
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 ½ tsp sweet smoked paprika
2 cups mushroom base vegetable stock or vegetable stock
400 g can diced tomatoes
400 g can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
Olive oil for cooking
Sea salt and black pepper
To serve:
1 tbsp chives, chopped
Crusty toasted bread
Directions
Slice the larger mushrooms, halve the medium ones and leave the smaller mushrooms whole.
In a heavy base large dish or large frypan (cast iron is ideal) on medium-high heat add a drizzle of olive oil and sauté the mushrooms until they become soft. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Add another drizzle of olive oil to the same pan and sauté the diced onions and garlic. Once they become translucent, add in the tomato paste and cook off for a further couple of minutes. Follow by adding the herbs and spices, vegetable stock and can of tomatoes. Add the sautéed mushrooms back in and a good pinch of sea salt and fresh cracked pepper. Stir though and allow to come up to a simmer, then turn the heat down to low and allow it to simmer covered with a lid slightly ajar for 10–15 minutes so the flavours develop, and the sauce thickens.
Add in the rinsed and drained cannellini beans and allow to simmer for a further 5–10 minutes. If the sauce becomes too thick add a dash of extra stock.
Remove from the heat and serve with a good helping of fresh chives and crusty bread on the side.
Apr 12, 2023
Braised Mushrooms is the dish you didn’t know you needed as the weather starts to cool down.
Ingredients
800 g mixed Australian Mushrooms – Portobello, Swiss brown, flats and buttons
3 tbsp unsalted butter
3 tbsp olive oil
1 medium shallot, diced
2 carrots, peeled & sliced
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
350 g small mini onions or French shallots, or a combination of both, peeled
Plain Flour
1 cup red wine
½ cup tomato puree
1 ½ cups beef stock
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Fresh thyme
Fresh bay leaves
1 tbsp cornflour
Salt & pepper to taste
To Serve
Mashed potato
Fresh parsley
Directions
Chop the Portobello & Flat mushrooms into thick slices, and quarter or halve the Swiss browns & buttons, leaving small ones whole.
Heat 1 tbsp of the butter with 1 tbsp of olive oil in a dutch oven (or heavy ovenproof saucepan with a lid) over a medium heat. Fry the mushrooms in two batches, until coloured but still firm, about 5 minutes. Add another tablespoon of butter & oil between each batch. Then tip the mushrooms into a bowl, season with salt & pepper and set aside.
Heat the remaining butter, then add the whole onions and/or shallots – halve the larger ones if needed to have a consistency in size – along with the diced shallots & carrots. Fry for 10 minutes, stirring often over medium heat. Now add the garlic, thyme & bay leaves, and fry for a further 2 minutes until fragrant.
Add the wine and reduce by a third. Now add the stock, tomato puree, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix the cornflour with 1 tbsp of water, then mix into the stew. Simmer for 30 minutes.
Add the mushrooms back in the pot and cook for a further 3 minutes, or until mushrooms are heated through.
Serve with mashed potato and parsley.
May 4, 2022
Mushroom & prawn Tom Yum with zucchini noodles
Ingredients
8 button mushrooms
½ (210g) jar Tom Yum paste
4 cups water
8 peeled raw prawns
2 tbsp coconut milk, optional
200 g packet zucchini noodles
Handful coriander leaves
Directions
Add Tom Yum paste to a medium saucepan set over medium heat and stir, add water and mix well. Bring to a simmer. Add prawns and cook for 3 minutes before adding sliced mushrooms. Stir in coconut milk, if using.
Divide zucchini noodles between two bowls and top with the soup. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
Apr 19, 2016
Roasted mushroom & cauliflower soup
Ingredients
1 small (600g) cauliflower, trimmed, chopped
500g cup mushrooms, sliced
4 tbs olive oil
3 tsp curry powder
1 leek, halved lengthways, thinly sliced
4 cups chicken stock
½ cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Cheese toasts, to serve
Directions
Preheat oven to 220°C or 200°C fan forced. Scatter cauliflower over base of a greased roasting pan and mushrooms into another pan. Drizzle 1½ tablespoons of oil over each pan and then sprinkle each pan with 1½ teaspoons curry powder, season and turn to coat. Place cauliflower on top shelf and mushrooms underneath in oven, roast both for 20-25 minutes until tender.
Heat remaining oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek. Cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes or until soft. Pour over stock and bring to the boil. Add roasted cauliflower and mushrooms and return to the boil.
Remove from the heat. Blend or process soup, in batches, to desired consistency. Stir in parsley, taste and adjust seasoning. Ladle into warm bowls. Serve with cheese toasts if desired.
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