Portobello Mushroom Bolognese Sauce Food

MUSHROOM & LENTIL PAPPARDELLE BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Peel the carrot, onion and garlic, trim the celery and roughly chop. Pulse it all in a food processor, until finely chopped.
• Heat a good splash of oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the chopped veg mixture and bay leaves, pick in the thyme leaves and cook, stirring, for about 10 minutes or until soft.
• Blitz the mushrooms in the food processor until finely chopped. Add to the pan and cook for 3 minutes, until softened.
• Stir in the lentils, tomato purée and stock, and squish in the plum tomatoes.
• Season, reduce the heat to low and pop a lid on. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes, or until the lentils are tender.
• When the lentils are almost done, cook the pappardelle according to the packet instructions, until al dente.
• Drain the pasta and stir it through the bolognese sauce. Pick the basil leaves and sprinkle over the bolognese with a good grating of Parmesan to serve.

PORTOBELLO AND SPINACH BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• Place the dried mushrooms in small pot and cover with water or chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and steep.
• Heat a heavy pot over medium to medium-high heat with 2 turns of the pan extra-virgin olive oil. When hot, add the butter and melt into the oil then add portabellas. After 6 minutes, add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and bay leaf. Saute until tender, 15 minutes, then separate and add spinach. Season the spinach mixture with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute. Deglaze with wine. Remove the dried mushrooms from the steeping liquid. Chop the mushrooms and stir into the sauce. Add the steeping liquid, reserving the last few spoonfuls as any grit on the mushrooms will have settled at the bottom. Stir in the milk. Simmer over low heat 20 minutes. Cool completely and store for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat the dish over medium heat. Add a little stock or milk to loosen the sauce up again.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, salt the water and cook the pasta to al dente. Drain the pasta and toss with sauce. Serve in shallow bowls, topped with parsley and Pecorino cheese.

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM BOLOGNESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pulse onion in a food processor until diced but not mushy. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with celery and carrot. Pulse portobello mushrooms to the consistency of ground beef.
• Coat the bottom of a large pot with oil; heat over low heat. Cook and stir onion in the oil until soft but not browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in celery and carrot; cook until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add portobello mushrooms; cook about 1 minute. Season with salt.
• Pour wine into the pot. Increase heat to medium-high; stir with a flat wooden spoon until bottom of the pot looks almost dry, 3 to 5 minutes. Add milk and nutmeg. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir until bottom of the pot is almost dry, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour tomato juice from the cans into the pot. Pulse tomatoes in the food processor until coarsely chopped; stir into the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until flavors combine, 3 to 4 hours. Thin sauce with water if it appears too thick.

MUSHROOM BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, pulse the mushrooms until they appear coarsely ground. (This can also be done by hand.) Set aside.
• Place a large heavy-bottomed pan over medium-high heat and add the oil. Add the garlic, carrots, celery and onions with a large pinch of salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften and begin to caramelize, about 5 minutes.
• Add the mushrooms and thyme and cook until the mushrooms begin to brown and dry out, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and toast it until it looks rusty, a few minutes. Add the milk, season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer. Cook, partially covered, until the sauce has thickened and all the liquid is reduced, at least 20 minutes.
• Before serving, stir in some basil and freshly grated Parmesan. To serve, grate more Parmesan over top.

PASTA WITH BIG-BELLY PORTOBELLO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring salted water to a boil in a deep pasta pan.
• Cook the pasta al dente; when you drain the pasta, cold-shock it with running water to stop the cooking process.
• While the pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet over med-high heat.
• Add in oil, garlic, and crushed red pepper.
• As soon as the garlic speaks by beginning to sizzle in the oil, dump in the portobello slices.
• Coat them with the oil with a good shake or two of the pan (or stir).
• Sprinkle them with a little salt.
• Cover the pan with a lid or foil and lower heat to med-low; let the mushrooms cook for 10 minutes or until deep brown and soft.
• There should be a good amount of mushroom gravy in the bottom of the pan.
• Add in the can of tomatoes and parsley; heat through and give the pan a good shake (or stir).
• The sauce will be a nice reddish brown and will have a beefy taste; combine with the pasta and dump on a platter.
• Serve with shaved or grated Parmigiano or Asiago cheese, bread, and a green salad.

VEGETARIAN BOLOGNESE SAUCE (LOW-FAT)

Steps:

• Heat about 3 tablespoons olive oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add in onion, diced carrots, celery, both bell peppers, chopped portobello mushroom, dried oregano and crushed red pepper flakes; cook stirring for 4-5 minutes.
• Add in garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add in wine and prepared marinara sauce, bring to a simmer stirring.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered for 35-40 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Season sauce with salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.

TURKEY PORTOBELLO BOLOGNESE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, heat oil over medium heat. Add turkey, mushrooms, onions, carrots and garlic; cook 10-12 minutes or until turkey is no longer pink and vegetables are tender., Stir in broth, wine, water, tomato paste, herbs, seasonings and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour or until thickened, stirring occasionally., Cook penne according to package directions; drain. Serve with sauce. Sprinkle with cheese.