Lots of Mushrooms. What to do with them?

sexykellylovespink

mushroom lasagne
carbonara
rissoto
mushroom sauce

HelsBells74

Mmmm, mushroom soup! This could use up loads of your mushrooms. I would fry off some onions, garlic, carrots and celery in butter and oil, then when they're soft add loads of sliced mushrooms and then add a couple of tablespoons of flour and stir. Add liquid - half veg or chicken stock and half milk and a splash of white wine/sherry/marsala plus some herbs, tarragon, thyme or chives would be nice. Or just a teaspoon of mixed herbs! If you have any dried porcini mushrooms, add a few of those too. Simmer for 20-30 mins then blitz in the blender. Keep in fridge for a few days or freeze. Mmmm. Mushroom stroganoff is a favourite in my family too. Sweat mushrooms, onion, garlic and celery in a big pan. When soft add tablespoon of flour then stir in a splash of white wine/sherry/marsala and a little veg stock. Add plain yoghurt and simmer gently for 10 mins. Serve with rice. Hope that helps!

joan_brennan

HelsBells74 wrote: »

Mmmm, mushroom soup! This could use up loads of your mushrooms. I would fry off some onions, garlic, carrots and celery in butter and oil, then when they're soft add loads of sliced mushrooms and then add a couple of tablespoons of flour and stir. Add liquid - half veg or chicken stock and half milk and a splash of white wine/sherry/marsala plus some herbs, tarragon, thyme or chives would be nice. Or just a teaspoon of mixed herbs! If you have any dried porcini mushrooms, add a few of those too. Simmer for 20-30 mins then blitz in the blender. Keep in fridge for a few days or freeze. Mmmm. Mushroom stroganoff is a favourite in my family too. Sweat mushrooms, onion, garlic and celery in a big pan. When soft add tablespoon of flour then stir in a splash of white wine/sherry/marsala and a little veg stock. Add plain yoghurt and simmer gently for 10 mins. Serve with rice. Hope that helps!

thanks will try these two right away best bit is (sigh) means i will have to open a bottle of wine right away:T

anguk

I often make a very simple mushroom soup for lunch with the few past their best mushrooms that normally end up in the bottom of my fridge! Chop mushrooms, fry them in a little butter then add about a tablespoon of flour & stir. Add a bit of milk and the same amount of stock (or sometimes I've just used boiling water) season with salt & pepper or maybe some herbs, bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes. If there's any creme fraiche lurking in the fridge I stir a spoonful of that in at the end, I don't bother to blitz it with the blender because I like the chunks of mushrooms. Lovely served with bread to dunk in!

Aril

Make mushroom sauce
125g mushrooms
juice of 1 orange
150ml chicken stock
1tbsp coarse grain mustard
142ml single cream
1 tbsp cornflour
s&p
Place mushrooms in pan with stock and oj and simmer 10 mins. Add mustard. Mix cream and cornflour together until smooth and add to pan. Stir over gentle heat until boiling Simmer 1 min and stir to taste. Serve with breaded poultry
Aril

joan_brennan

ok hellsbells . i have switched the heating up and had a nice glass of wine ( sweating nicely) i had some chicken stock in the fridge so skimed the top fat off and fried 1 and a half onions and 4 cloves of garlic with three small carrots and had a smidgen of leeks a bit past it but probably approx 1 leek then added 10 sliced mushrooms. i then put a glob of the jelly stuff from the chicken stock and the remnants of my double cream (less than 1/2 cup) have added a teaspoon of fresh ginger and pepper but didnot have any tarragon .
i also have a reasonably large chichen breast ( cooked and skinned) and thought i would slightly amend your recipe to use what i have. is there anything i have catastophically done wrong (Irredeemably) or can you make any suggestions i have not put the chicken in yet just in case

Patchwork_Quilt

I think you can dry mushrooms. Put them in the airing cupboard?

OddjobKIA

whole grilled mushrooms are lovely...amazing amount of juice in them

HelsBells74

Hi Joan, ooh no, you've done nothing wrong there. Chicken would be lovely in the stroganoff, I only don't usually add meat to mine because it's my favourite dish to cook for veggie friends and family! I might not have put ginger in it, but that's just a matter of personal taste! Sounds like it's coming along nicely. Mmm, the leek's a great plan. Hope it turns out to be delicious. And glad to hear you're sweating nicely already. I'm very sorry to have forced you to open the wine, too!

vivw_2

If i have mushrooms left over I roughly chop them and freeze.