Artichoke Mushroom And Potato Ragoût Recipes

Steps:

• Place the mushrooms in a bowl or large Pyrex measuring cup. Bring 2 cups water to a boil, and pour over the mushrooms. Let sit 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the artichokes. If small, cut in half; quarter if large.
• Place a strainer lined with cheesecloth or paper towels over a bowl, and drain the mushrooms. Squeeze the mushrooms over the strainer to extract liquid, then rinse in several changes of water to rid them of grit. Set aside. Add enough water to the bowl to make 3 cups of soaking liquid.
• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy casserole or lidded nonstick skillet. Add the onion, and cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Stir in the garlic and mushrooms, and cook together, stirring, until fragrant, about one minute. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it darkens and begins to caramelize in three to five minutes.
• Drain the artichokes, and add with the potatoes. Stir together for another minute, then stir in the wine. Bring to a boil, and cook until most of the liquid is gone. Add the soaking liquid from the mushrooms, the bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 40 minutes, until the potatoes and artichokes are tender. Uncover, turn up the heat, and reduce the liquid in the pan to thicken. Remove from the heat, taste and adjust salt and pepper. Stir in a teaspoon or more of fresh lemon juice, if desired, and the parsley. Serve hot or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place potatoes in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; drizzle with 1 tablespoon butter and sprinkle with salt. Bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. , Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute mushrooms in remaining butter until tender. Place artichokes on paper towels; pat dry. Sprinkle mushrooms, artichokes and cheese over the potatoes. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk and green chilies; pour over cheese., Bake, uncovered, 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a 10-in. ovenproof skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 3-4 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove onion mixture from pan., Add remaining oil to same pan; arrange potatoes on bottom of pan. Cook over medium-low heat until tender, 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally., In a large bowl, whisk eggs and milk. Stir in tomatoes, artichokes, onion mixture, 2 tablespoons goat cheese, 1 tablespoon fresh basil, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over potatoes; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake until eggs are completely set, 25-30 minutes., Let stand 5 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining basil. Cut into wedges.

Steps:

• Trim the top 1-inch off of the artichokes and peel the outer leaves off to the tender light green ones. Quarter each artichoke into wedges. If not cooking immediately, place in lemon water to prevent browning. Cut potatoes into four wedges.
• In a large skillet, on medium-high heat, saute the potatoes and artichokes in oil and butter for 5 minutes so the potatoes just start to brown. Add garlic and saute until garlic just starts to brown. Add chicken stock. Turn down heat and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Chicken stock should reduce down to a 1/2 cup. Season with salt, pepper, and parsley.

Steps:

• Brush a baking sheet well with some of the oil. In a food processor fitted with the 2-millimeter slicing disk or with a hand-held slicing device slice thin the potato on the diagonal (cut one end of the potato on the diagonal to facilitate this) and arrange the slices immediately in one layer on the sheet. Brush the slices with the remaining oil, sprinkle them with salt to taste, and bake them in the middle of a preheated 400°F. oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown. Transfer the crisps while they are still warm with a metal spatula to a rack and let them cool. The crisps may be made several days in advance and kept in a plastic bag at room temperature.
• Peel the potatoes, quarter them lengthwise, and cut them into 1-inch pieces. Reserving 3 of the garlic cloves for the ragout, in a steamer set over boiling water steam the remaining garlic cloves with the potatoes, covered, for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are very tender. Force the steamed garlic and the potatoes through a ricer or food mill fitted with the medium disk into a large bowl, stir in the butter, the milk, and salt and pepper to taste, and keep the purée warm, covered. The purée may be made 1 day in advance, kept covered and chilled, and reheated.
• In a large heavy skillet heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it saute the mushrooms with the reserved garlic cloves, minced, and salt and pepper to taste for 5 minutes, or until the mushrooms are softened and any liquid they give off is evaporated. Add the Sherry and boil the mixture until almost all the liquid is evaporated. Add the broth and the soy sauce and bring the mixture to a boil. Stir the cornstarch mixture, stir it into the sauce, and simmer the ragout, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Stir in the parsley. The ragout may be made 1 day in advance, kept covered and chilled, and reheated.
• Divide the purée among 8 heated small plates, mounding it, arrange 3 crisps decoratively in each mound, and spoon the ragout over and around the purée.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F. Brush 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish with 1 tablespoon oil. To trim artichoke, add the juice from half a lemon to a large bowl of cold water. Cut off the artichoke's stem; rub cut surface with the other lemon half. Peel off all the leaves. Cut off top one inch of artichoke. Using a spoon with a serrated edge, scrape out the fibrous choke from the center. Rub the artichoke all over with lemon and drop it into lemon water. Drain before using.
• Slice artichoke hearts. Arrange half of potatoes in dish, covering bottom completely. Top with half of artichoke hearts and half of mushrooms. Coarsely crumble half of goat cheese over. Sprinkle with half of garlic, salt, and pepper, then 1 tablespoon Parmesan. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil. Cover with remaining mushrooms, then artichokes, goat cheese, garlic, 1 tablespoon Parmesan, and 1 tablespoon oil. Top with remaining potatoes. Pour wine over; drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Cover dish with foil. Bake 40 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 400°F. Sprinkle top with remaining 1 tablespoon Parmesan. Bake uncovered until potatoes are tender and top is brown, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly and serve.

Steps:

• For the Tuiles: In a 6-inch round, non-stick frying pan, add 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese.
• Spread cheese out to the full circle of the pan.
• Over medium-high heat, melt the cheese until it starts to turn brown around the edges.
• Take a knife and gently loosen around the edges.
• Lift out the cheese and immediately place on an inverted glass or small bowl and let form a basket.
• Repeat until all 4 are made; set aside.
• For the Ragout:Trim artichokes of all leaves and the choke.
• Cut into fourths.
• Place clean artichoke hearts and the lemon juice in a bowl of cold water.
• In a heavy sauté pan, heat the olive oil.
• Remove artichoke pieces from the water and pat dry.
• Sauté the artichokes until they start to turn slightly brown.
• Add 1/2 cup of the chicken broth, cover and simmer until the artichokes are firm-tender.
• Meanwhile, peel, seed and chop the tomatoes.
• Cut the scallions into 1-inch pieces; chop the garlic.
• Uncover the artichokes and reduce the liquid until gone.
• Add half of the butter, garlic, scallions, tomatoes, and spices.
• Sauté for about 5 minutes over high heat.
• Add the wine and the rest of the chicken broth and simmer until the liquid has reduced to about half.
• Stir in remaining butter and half the chopped parsley.
• Serve the Artichoke Ragout in the Parmesan Tuiles.
• Sprinkle with the rest of the parsley.

Steps:

• Place artichokes in a food processor, slice thinly and set aside. It works well when using a 3 millimeter slicing disk.
• Using a extra-large stock pot saute onions, garlic and shallots in olive oil and set on low. Cook for 15 minutes.
• Sprinkle flour over onions and cook for 1 minute. Stir in vinegar and cook for approximately 3 minutes, in order for vinegar to evaporate.
• Stir in water, vegetable base, salt, pepper, cayenne, nutmeg, thyme and sliced artichokes and cook for 25 minutes.
• Add dried mushrooms along with the water they soaked in, fresh mushrooms and carrots. Let cook for 15 minutes.
• Stir in capers and parsley, season with salt and serve.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a saucepan, cover with water, add a sprinkling of salt and bring to a simmer. Cook until they are barely tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• While the potatoes are cooking, trim the stems of the artichokes flush with the base and remove all the leaves and discard them. Using a sharp knife, cut away the fuzzy center choke, leaving the fleshy bottom, or heart, of each artichoke. Cut into eighths and toss with the lemon juice.
• Heat half the oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the artichokes, potatoes, parsley and garlic. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring, until the artichokes and potatoes are lightly browned and tender when they are pierced with a sharp knife.
• While these ingredients are cooking, dissolve the curry powder in a tablespoon of the wine.
• When the artichokes and potatoes are tender, remove them from the skillet and set aside. Season the flour with salt and pepper to taste and toss the shrimp in the flour to coat them lightly.
• Add the remaining oil to the skillet and increase heat to medium. Add the shrimp, stir-fry for a minute or two until they turn pink, then add the curry powder mixture and stir. Add the remaining wine.
• Cook, stirring, until the wine just coats the bottom of the pan. Return the artichokes and potatoes to the pan, stir, season with salt and pepper and serve.