Years ago, as a small child in the May school holidays, my mother and I always drove to visit my grandparents at their farm in central Victoria. May meant it was mushroom time and so we would 'go mushrooming', usually on Sunday afternoons. Armed with a big bucket and small knife, we would drive out [...]
These stuffed mushrooms make a lovely appetiser, if you use small, button mushrooms, or make a perfect entrée when using the open flat, large, ‘meaty’ mushrooms. These large mushrooms are the ones I use when having the mushrooms as a vegetable side dish to accompany my steak, chicken or fish. Serves 2 Ingredients 1 [...]
Serves 4 Ingredients 3 tbsp butter 1 tbsp olive oil1 large onion, peeled, chopped 1kg mushrooms, wiped clean, quartered with stems left on, but dry end bits cut off; reserve 1/4 cup to sauté for the garnish 2 cloves garlic, minced ¼ tsp nutmeg 2 tbsp chopped parsley ½ tsp dried thyme or 4 [...]
Makes 1.5 – 2 litres stock Ingredients 75g dried shitake mushrooms 1 ½ tbsp olive oil 100g fresh mushrooms 2 medium carrots, peeled, diced 1 medium onion, chopped into 1 cm pieces 2 celery stalks diced ½ cup leek greens, roughly chopped, 1 cm pieces 3 sage leaves or large pinch dried sage Bouquet garni [...]
This is a lovely flavourful main course and is very easy to make. The meatballs can be nestled into many of your dishes to add extra protein, such as your Napoli sauce or shakshuka. Make them larger and cook them as hamburgers. You can substitute beef mince for the chicken, plus add some grated carrots, [...]
The International Wine and Food Society, Melbourne Branch, recently hosted a Masterclass in risotto cooking, presented by Beverly Sutherland Smith. The first dish was this ‘basic risotto’ as taught at the Swiss Hotel School in Lausanne in Switzerland’. The method of cookery is quite liberating as it requires very little stirring and, consequently, is very easy [...]
Serves 6 - 8 I love to serve this luscious tart for an easy, casual lunch accompanied by a crisp green salad. Perfect in Autumn when the mushrooms are at their best. Parmesan pastry 600g plain flour 1 cup fine parmesan cheese 480g butter, roughly chopped 4 large eggs Mushroom filling 20g shitake mushrooms, sliced [...]
