Wild Mushrooms Haricot Vert And Shallot Sauté Recipes

WILD MUSHROOMS, HARICOT VERT, AND SHALLOT SAUTé

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter in large pot over high heat. Add shallots and thyme; sauté until shallots begin to brown, about 4 minutes. Add all mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sauté until juices evaporate, about 10 minutes. Add Madeira; toss until evaporated, about 1 minute. Set aside.
• Cook haricots verts in medium pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain. Let stand until ready to use, up to 2 hours.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter to mushrooms in pot. Add haricots verts. Toss over medium-high heat until butter melts and vegetables are heated through, adding broth by tablespoonfuls if mixture is dry, about 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer vegetables to bowl and serve.

SHALLOT AND WILD-MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small pan, over medium heat, reduce stock to one cup.
• Rinse mushrooms well, then soak in warm water or additional warm stock, if available, for 20 minutes.
• Saute shallots in butter. Drain mushrooms and saute with shallots.
• In separate saucepan, bring the creme fraiche to a boil, add reduced stock, then shallots and mushrooms. Season to taste and pour over sliced supremes.

SAUTEED WILD MUSHROOMS WITH SHALLOTS AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Trim the mushrooms, wash them in cold water and drain well.
• If the mushrooms are large, slice them or cut them in halves or quarters.
• Heat a large, heavy skillet and add the olive oil. When it is very hot and almost smoking, add the mushrooms, salt and pepper. Cook over high heat, shaking and tossing the skillet so that the mushrooms cook evenly until they are browned and crisp. They should be almost mahogany in color.
• Add the butter, and quickly sprinkle in the bread crumbs, shallots and garlic, and toss well for 10 seconds. Add the parsley and serve immediately.

WILD MUSHROOM SAUTé

Steps:

• Finely chop 1/2 cup parsley with 1 garlic clove; set parsley mixture aside. Finely chop remaining 2 garlic cloves. Whisk chopped garlic, 4 tablespoons oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt in large bowl to blend. Add mushrooms and toss to coat.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add mushroom mixture and saut é until mushrooms are brown and just tender, about 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat. Mix in parsley mixture and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to bowl. Garnish with additional fresh parsley and serve.

HARICOT VERTS (GREEN BEANS) , WILD MUSHROOMS WITH HAZELNUTS

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, 2 tsp oil, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
• Cook beans in boiling water 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and plunge beans into ice water. Drain.
• Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a large non stick skillet over medium high heat. Add mushrooms to pan. Sauté 7 minutes or until liquid evaporates.
• Add onions, sauté 1 minute. Add beans, sauté 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add vinegar mixture and hazelnuts, toss to coat.