Oyster Mushrooms With Sausage Food

PENNE W/ SPICY SAUSAGE, OYSTER MUSHROOMS, BASIL AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Simmer sausages in water for about 5 minutes or until just cooked; let cool. Coarsely chop tomatoes on food processor.
• In large skillet, heat 2 T olive oil. Add basil, onion, garlic and carrots; saute until soft. Season with salt and pepper. Add tomatoes and simmer for about 30 minutes.
• Cut sausages diagonally into thin slices. In small skillet, saute sausages in remaining 2 T olive oil until lightly browned. (make sure that the oil is very hot or the sausage will fall apart) Add mushrooms and saute until tender. Add mushrooms and sausages to tomato sauce; simmer 5 minutes.
• Cook pasta in large amount of boiling salted water until tender; drain and return to saucepan. Add sauce and toss. Serve with parmesan cheese.

OYSTER MUSHROOM SAUTE

Steps:

• Clean and slice leeks. Heat olive oil in saute pan, add leeks when hot, and saute for about 10 minutes. Add a splash of Riesling if leeks begin to stick to the pan. Clean and chop pepper and mushrooms, and dice the tofu. Add tofu to pan, splash of wine, and cook for a few minutes, then add the oysters, followed a few minutes later by the pepper. Add wine as needed. In last few minutes, and the tamari. Serve over rice, sprinkled with hard cheese.

MUSHROOM OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• To make the filling:
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towel to drain. Save bacon drippings in skillet. Finely crumble bacon.
• Stir flour into drippings over medium heat, until asorbed. Add the spinach and half and half. Cook, stirring well, until very thick.
• Stir in the crumbled bacon, Tabasco and salt to taste. Take from the heat, fold in the Parmesan cheese and let cool thoroughly.
• To make the topping:
• Combine cream cheese, garlic, green onion and sherry until creamy.
• (Filling and topping can be prepared up to 2 days in advance; store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven ot 325°F
• Lightly coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Pull the stems off the mushrooms, leaving a cavity in the cap. Discard the stems or save for another use.
• Season the mushroom caps with salt and pepper. Divide the spinach filling evenly among the mushroom. Lightly press one oyster into each spinach-filled mushroom.
• Top each oyster with about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese topping, spreading out a bit to partially cover the oyster.
• Place the mushrooms on baking sheet. Sprinkle each mushroom with a little minced red bell pepper.
• Bake until the mushrooms are tender, the spinach filling is hot and the oysters are just cooked, 8-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and squeeze the lemon juice over.