Julia Childs Farce A La Tapenade Mushroom And Olive Stuffing From Provence Recipes

JULIA CHILD'S STUFFED MUSHROOMS (CHAMPIGNONS FARCI)

Steps:

• Remove the stems and reserve.
• Wash and dry the caps and bush with melted butter.
• Arrange hollow side up in a baking dish.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Wash and dry the stems.
• By handfuls twist in a corner of a clean towel to extract as much juice as possible.
• Sauté with the scallions in butter for 4 or 5 minutes until the pieces separate.
• Lower the heat and add the flour. Stir for a minute or two until thickened.
• Stir in the cream and cook until thickened.
• Stir in the parsley and seasonings.
• Fill the mushroom caps and top each with 1 tsp of cheese and dribble on any remaining butter.
• Fifteen minutes before serving preheat the oven to 375°F Bake in the upper third of the oven until lightly browned on top.

FARCE A LA TAPENADE - TURKEY STUFFING

Steps:

• Break up sausage meat and sauté in a frying pan over low heat until lightly browned; drain, reserving fat.
• Place sausage meat in a large mixing bowl.
• Return 2 tablespoons of sausage fat to the frying pan (if sausage meat didn't render enough fat, substitute olive oil); sauté onions until golden- about 8 minutes; add optional minced liver and sauté with onion an additional 2 minutes.
• Add onion mixture to sausage.
• Sauté mushrooms in 2 additional tablespoons of sausage fat (or olive oil) until pieces begin to separate from each other; add to sausage mixture.
• Add olives, anchovies, capers, orange zest, eggs, garlic, and herbs to sausage meat.
• Fold in the croutons, add salt and pepper to taste.
• Loosely stuff front and rear cavities of turkey immediately before roasting, or bake for 50 minutes in a 350 degree F.
• oven in a covered casserole.
• Makes about 2-1/2 quarts, or enough to stuff a 16- to 20-pound turkey.