Whole Roasted Maitake Steaks With Japanese Sweets And Leeks Mash Food

JAPANESE SWEETS-AND-LEEKS MASH

Steps:

• Combine potatoes and turnips in a pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil; season generously with salt. Boil until vegetables are tender and easily pierced with the tip of a knife, 12 to 15 minutes. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain and return vegetables to pot.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, season with salt, and cook, stirring a few times, until leeks are tender but not developing any color, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Transfer mixture to pot with vegetables, along with 1/3 cup reserved cooking water and sesame oil. Mash to combine; season with salt, white pepper, and more sesame oil, 1/4 teaspoon at a time. Stir in more cooking water, a little at a time, to reach desired consistency.

WHOLE ROASTED MAITAKE STEAKS WITH JAPANESE SWEETS-AND-LEEKS MASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. In a bowl, whisk together soy sauce and lime zest and juice. Slowly whisk in oil; season with salt and pepper.
• Lightly drizzle oil onto a rimmed baking sheet. Trim bottom ends of mushroom clusters so they stand upright; transfer to sheet in a single layer, trimmed-sides down, at least 2 inches apart. Drizzle evenly with half of soy mixture; season with salt and pepper.
• Roast until darkened slightly and tender but still holding their shape, 22 to 25 minutes. Serve mushrooms over mash, drizzled with remaining soy-lime dressing and sprinkled with rice seasoning.

PORK BUTTERFLY STEAKS BAKED IN LEEK AND APPLE BRANDY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
• Chop up the leeks into slices.
• Peel and core the apple, then cut into slices.
• Heat up the olive oil in a deep fry pan or sauce pan, or in the stove top safe casserole.
• Brown the pork steaks then remove and set aside on plate.
• Add the butter and melt.
• Add the leeks and stirfry til soft.
• Add the brandy and cook the alcohol out.
• Add the stock and simmer slowly til reduced by about half.
• Add the paprika.
• Add the dash of cream, parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
• Lay the pork steaks then the sauce over the top in the casserole.
• Lay the apple slices on top and sprinkle with the brown sugar.
• Bake for about 40 mins.
• Remove from oven and place pork steaks with vegetables on the plates.
• Cover with foil to rest meat.
• Either put the stove-safe casserole back on stove, or return sauce to sauce pan and then onto stove on a low-medium heat.
• Mix up the flour with some of the sauce in a separate cup (if you wish to have a thickened sauce. if not, just serve immediately).
• Add flour paste mixture to sauce and stir to thicken.
• Pour sauce over meat and vegetables.