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| Mushroom Ragu |
ShawdoS
Recipes: 23
Joined Aug '06
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Ready in about minutes or less!
- 2 cups onion, diced
- 2 cups red pepper, destemmed, deseeded, and diced
- 2 T. olive oil
- 2 T. garlic, minced
- 1 - 10z. pkg. baby bella mushrooms, washed, cut in half, and sliced
- 1 - 8 oz. pkg. shiitake or button mushrooms, washed, cut in half, and sliced
- 1 - 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 t. crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped basil
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley
| | In a large saucepan, saute the onion and red pepper in olive oil for 3 minutes to soften. Add the garlic and saute an additional 2 minutes. Add both types of mushrooms and saute for 5 additional minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, and stir well to combine. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender. Add the basil and parsley and simmer an additional 5 minutes. Taste and add additional salt and pepper, if needed. Serve as a sauce for pasta, polenta, grains, or main dishes.
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| Artichokes |
Louish
Recipes: 7
Joined Jul '06
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Ready in about minutes or less!
- Artichoke(s)
- -- For the pot of water --
- Salt & Pepper
- Dill
- Basil
- Cayenne
- Garlic
- Lemon
- -- For the dipping sauce --
- (Butter & Lemon) or (Ranch)
| | First trim the chokes. Cut off the stalk, right to the bottom of the bulb part.
Now cut off the top thistle ends. About one-fourth to one-third down from the top. Wash out in cold water.
I like to season the water with salt and pepper to taste, and some herbs, dill and basil are good, and other peppers, cayenne, white pepper, or pasilla, lemon and garlic.
Next place the choke in boiling water (I personally fill the water so it covers 2/3 of the choke), cover with lid, reduce heat to simmer, and steam for 20 to 40 minutes (depending on size) -- they are done when the leaves pull away easily.
Then when they are done, let them cool off, I turn them upside down in a bowl so all the water drains out.
Melt some butter and add some lemon for the dipping sauce. If you don't want to use butter, you can use ranch.
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