Italian Mushrooms Food

ITALIAN MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, layer mushrooms and onion. Combine butter and salad dressing mix; pour over vegetables. Cover and cook on low until vegetables are tender, 4-5 hours. Serve with a slotted spoon.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Remove the stems from 24 large cremini mushrooms (finely chop the stems for the filling).
• Wipe the caps clean with a damp paper towel, then toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt . Arrange on a baking sheet.
• Cook 4 ounces sweet Italian sausage (casing removed) in a skillet with olive oil over medium heat, breaking up the meat, until no longer pink, 3 minutes. Add 1/2 finely chopped fennel bulb and the chopped mushroom stems and cook until tender, 3 minutes. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, season with red pepper flakes and cook 1 minute. Let cool, then mix with 1 cup breadcrumbs, 1/2 cup shredded fontina and 2 tablespoons each grated parmesan, chopped parsley and chopped green olives. Divide among the mushroom caps.
• Bake until the mushrooms are tender and the filling is golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, then remove from the baking sheet.

RIGATONI WITH CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• While the pasta is cooking:
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and garlic to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Cook until mushrooms are tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 to 7 minutes. Turn the heat to high. Add the wine and cook for 3 minutes until all the liquid evaporates. Add the stock and simmer until liquid is slightly reduced. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the mascarpone cheese. Stir until creamy. Drain the pasta, reserving about 1 cup of the pasta water, and transfer to a serving bowl. Add the mushroom mixture and the Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Toss well to coat pasta, adding the reserved pasta water, if needed, to loosen the pasta. Garnish with the chopped chives. Serve immediately.

ITALIAN MARINATED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Boil vinegar and water.
• Wash, clean mushrooms. If small, leave whole. If large, cut and quarter, slice them so they are not too big.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Drain liquid. I like to squeeze out some of the liquid out of mushrooms. Place in quart size glass jar, add garlic, spices and drizzle of oil. Shake it up and refrigerate. Can stay up to two weeks if they last that long.

ITALIAN PICKLED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Combine lemon juice and water in a large pot.
• Add mushrooms and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.
• Drain off liquid.
• Place herbs and mushrooms, garlic and bay in clean hot jars.
• Bring vinegar to a boil and pour over mushrooms leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Seal Process for 20 minutes in a boiling water bath at altitudes up to 1000 feet.

ITALIAN STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Mix bread crumbs, garlic, cheese, parsley, and stems in a food processor.
• Set aside.
• Fry mushroom caps in olive oil on high for a very short time, until lightly browned.
• Stuff caps with bread crumb mixture, setting in a greased baking dish.
• Drizzle remaining pan oil over the stuffed caps.
• Season with salt.
• Bake at 400 degrees until bubbly.

ITALIAN GRILLED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a stainless steel bowl mix together the mushrooms, salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder and olive oil. Cook on the grill (or grill pan) on high heat for about 2-3 minutes per side.
• Place the grilled mushrooms back in the bowl and mix well, while still hot with the cheese and parsley.

ITALIAN STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/180°C.
• Brush off any dirt from mushrooms, remove and finely chop stems and put caps aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet and add chopped stems, onion, pepper and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, about 3-5 minutes, until onions have softened.
• Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Stir in bread crumbs, parmesan, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly. If mixture seems a bit dry, add a little more olive oil.
• With your hands, fill mushroom caps with mixture. Place on oiled baking sheet with lip or jellyroll pan. Drizzle a few drops of olive oil onto each mushroom.
• Bake 15-20 minutes until golden and hot.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

CREAMY MUSHROOM RISTOTTO

Steps:

• Pour the stock in a pot, add chopped dry porcini mushrooms and bring to simmer.
• In a large frying pan, pour 10 ml of oil and add the finely chopped onions, place on a low heat and cook until the onions are translucent
• Then increase the heat and add the rice. Steer constantly, it is important that every rice grain is coated with the hot oil and toasted.
• After about 1 minute, the rice will turn from white in colour to a translucent yellowish, now pour the wine and steer.
• Once the wine (and the alcohol) is evaporated start adding the hot stock one ladle at the time.
• Steer the rice regularly adding stock every time is drying up.
• While the rice is cooking, in a separate frying pan, pour the remaining oil and add the garlic finely chopped, once golden, add the roughly chopped mushrooms and half of the chopped parsley and season slightly.
• During the cooking, the mushrooms will release some water, it is important to evaporate as much as possible as this will intensify the flavour.
• Once this is achieved remove from the heat and set aside.
• After about 17/18 minutes the rice should be almost ready, it should be cooked but have still a bite in the centre. At this point, remove from the heat, add the sauté mushrooms, the remaining chopped parsley, the butter and the grated Parmesan. Steer well, until all ingredients are amalgamated, cover and let it rest for one minute before serving.