Mushroom And Prosciutto Dutch Baby Food

SAVORY PROSCIUTTO AND SWISS DUTCH BABY

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, sugar, polenta, and salt in a medium bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the milk and eggs. Add the milk mixture to flour mixture and whisk until smooth. Cover and chill at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
• Preheat oven to 425°F with oven rack in lower third of oven. Remove batter from the refrigerator. Whisk until well combined and allow to stand at room temperature while oven preheats. Prepare your prosciutto, cheese and butter to have handy as you'll need to work quickly.
• Place a 10-inch (top diameter) cast-iron skillet in preheated oven and let heat 15 minutes. Remove the hot skillet from oven and add butter pieces to skillet and swirl, until butter is completely melted and beginning to brown.
• Whisk batter again until well combined and working quickly, pour batter into skillet. Arrange prosciutto and cheese around edges of batter, leaving about a 4-inch-wide circle in centre. *If you want crispy prosciutto, make sure you don't cover it with the cheese. Immediately return skillet to oven, and bake until golden brown, puffed, 16 to 20 minutes.
• While the Dutch baby bakes, add the arugula to a medium bowl. In a small jar or bowl, combine the Dijon mustard, vinegar, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover and shake or whisk vigorously until well combined. Drizzle dressing over arugula, until moistened (you may not need quite all of it).
• Remove Dutch baby from oven. Let stand 1 minute (it will deflate as it rests). Top with dressed arugula and serve.

MUSHROOM AND PANCETTA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Warm the chicken broth and rosemary in a saucepan over medium heat; set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat. Add the pancetta and cook until crisp, 4 to 5 minutes; remove to a plate with a slotted spoon. Add the mushrooms to the pot and cook until slightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove to the plate; set aside.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pot; add the onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the rice and toast, stirring, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook, scraping up any browned bits, until the wine is absorbed, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add 3 cups warm broth and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring, until most of the liquid is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 3 more cups broth; return to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the rice is just tender, about 13 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat; stir in the pancetta, mushrooms, butter, cheese and chives. Stir in more hot broth if the risotto is too thick; season with salt and pepper. Top with more chives.

SAUSAGE-AND-MUSHROOM DUTCH BABY

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 425 degrees F. Whisk the eggs, milk, flour, 2 tablespoons of the melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a bowl or measuring cup until smooth (a few lumps are fine); cover the batter, and refrigerate until needed.
• Cook the sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, breaking up any big chunks with the back of a wooden spoon, until browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes; transfer to a small bowl, and set aside. Lower the heat to medium, and add the remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter to the skillet. Once the butter is bubbling, add the mushrooms, parsley, shallots and some salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are lightly browned and softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sausage. Put the skillet in the oven to heat the mushroom-sausage mixture through, 2 minutes. Sprinkle the Gruyere evenly over the mixture, and carefully pour in the batter (make sure that the sausage and mushrooms are evenly distributed over the bottom of the pan). Bake until browned and puffed, 20 to 22 minutes. Serve immediately with salad.

MUSHROOM DUTCH BABY WITH CHORIZO POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Pierce the potatoes in a few places with a fork and microwave until just tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring, until browned, 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until just softened, about 1 minute. Whisk 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon olive oil, the flour, milk, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a medium bowl. Pour over the mushrooms and sprinkle with the parsley. Transfer to the oven and bake until puffed and browned around the edges, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and the chorizo in another large nonstick skillet; cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beginning to crisp, about 5 minutes. Chop the potatoes into bite-size pieces and add to the skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook until the potatoes are slightly crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Make 4 openings in the potato mixture and crack an egg into each spot; season with salt and pepper. Cook until the whites are set but the yolks are still soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Cut the Dutch baby into wedges. Serve with the potatoes, chorizo and eggs; sprinkle with parsley.

PROSCIUTTO DUTCH BABY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425º. In a 10-in. cast iron skillet over medium heat, cook prosciutto until crisp, 2-3 minutes. Remove and set aside. Place skillet into oven while making batter., In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, flour, cornmeal and salt. Add milk and cheese; stir to combine. Add butter to skillet, swirling until melted. Pour batter into skillet; sprinkle prosciutto over batter. Bake until puffed and golden brown, 20-25. Meanwhile, toss arugula, tomatoes, garbanzo beans and oil. , Remove pancake from oven. Serve with arugula mixture and dressing.

PASTA WITH MUSHROOMS AND PROSCIUTTO

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium. Arrange prosciutto in a single layer in pot and cook, turning once or twice, until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Heat remaining 2 Tbsp. oil in same pot over high. Cook mushrooms, tossing occasionally, until browned and tender, 5-8 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add shallots and 1 tsp. thyme, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring often, until shallots are translucent and softened, about 2 minutes. Add stock and reduce heat to low. Bring to a simmer and cook until only a thin layer of stock coats bottom of pot, 5−7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente, about 3 minutes less than package directions.
• Using tongs, transfer pasta to pot with mushrooms and add 1 cup pasta cooking liquid. Crumble half of prosciutto into pot. Increase heat to medium, bring to a simmer, and cook, tossing constantly, until pasta is al dente and liquid is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Add cream, return to a simmer, and cook, tossing, until pasta is coated, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, add butter, and toss to combine. Taste and season with salt if needed.
• Divide pasta among bowls. Top with more thyme and crumble remaining prosciutto over; season with pepper.