Supper Archives - Happy Wifey https://happywifey.net/category/recipes/supper/ Recipes & Food Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Wild Mushrooms in Cream Recipe https://happywifey.net/recipe/wild-mushrooms-cream-recipe/ https://happywifey.net/recipe/wild-mushrooms-cream-recipe/#respond Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:34:29 +0000 https://www.happywifey.net/?post_type=recipe&p=796 If there’s one thing I love about autumn, it’s wild mushroom season. My hubby’s Mom is a pro forager and I’ve learned so much about wild edibles from her. While she’s in the woods all year long, picking wild goodies, fall is my favourite when she brings in baskets of incredible mushrooms. [Super important caveat:...

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]]> Wild mushroms in cream sauce recipeIf there’s one thing I love about autumn, it’s wild mushroom season. My hubby’s Mom is a pro forager and I’ve learned so much about wild edibles from her. While she’s in the woods all year long, picking wild goodies, fall is my favourite when she brings in baskets of incredible mushrooms.

[Super important caveat: Don’t go picking mushrooms in the wild unless you are 100% sure you know what they are. Some of the deadly poison mushrooms look similar to their edible cousins so if there’s any doubt leave them alone.]

I know there are folks out there who won’t eat mushrooms other than those bland white buttons at the grocery store. If you haven’t eaten wild mushrooms like cepes or chanterelles, trust me, you owe it to yourself to taste them! I just can’t get enough of those delicious little fungi.

Last night I had my first wild mushrooms of the season. so I decided to try out a new recipe. My Wild Mushrooms in Cream recipe is adapted from one in my favourite Jamie Oliver cookbook, Jamie Oliver’s Food Escapes. It was so easy and delicious I wanted to share it with you.

Wild Mushrooms in Cream Sauce
Flavorful wild mushrooms in a cream sauce; perfect on their own with crusty bread or over pasta for a hearty meal.
Servings2 generous portions
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Clean your mushrooms carefully with a mushroom brush or damp paper towel. The less wet you get the mushrooms the better so don't soak them.
  2. Melt butter in a hot frying pan. When bubbling add your onion.
  3. When the onion has softened, add your mushrooms and season liberally with salt and pepper. Cook 8-10 minutes.
  4. Add cream and mix it with all of the mushroom juices. Add parsley and cook for 2 minutes or until the cream is bubbly.
  5. Remove from the heat and add lemon juice to taste. Garnish with a bit more fresh parsley and pepper.
  6. Serve with some crusty bread or over pasta and pair it with a crisp white wine.

Do you love wild mushrooms too? What’s your favourite way to eat them?

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]]> whole roast crispy duck recipeUp until recently, I was intimidated by the prospect of roasting a whole duck, but I’m so glad I tried it. It was quite possibly the most delicious thing I’ve eaten in months. I wanted to share the recipe with you and encourage you to give it a try.

I’m not entirely sure why I was afraid to try roasting a duck. I roast chickens and turkeys with great success, and I love cooking duck breast. For some reason though, the prospect of cooking the whole duck was a bit scary.

I think part of the problem was I had never even eaten duck before our trip to France. Duck isn’t a common sight on menus around these parts unless you’re at a Chinese restaurant. When we visited the farmer’s market last week though, I spotted fresh, local duck and had to buy one on the spot.

I searched the internet high and low for a good roast duck recipe. As is common for me, I ended up combining a few different recipes and coming up with my own version. (Mostly because I never have all the ingredients on hand I need to follow someone else’s recipe faithfully!)

I’ve added Amazon links to a few of the harder to find ingredients below, in case you can’t buy them at your local store:

How to Roast a Crispy Duck Recipe
Whole Roasted Duck with Sweet and Spicy glazed crispy skin
Servings4 people
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time4.5 hours
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat your over to 300F.
  2. Wash your duck and pat it dry with paper towel. Cut off any excess fat, especially around the neck and tail then truss it.
  3. Score the duck skin in a criss-cross pattern and poke it all over with a sharp knife, paying extra attention to any fatty bits. The wholes will help the fat drain off and this is what creates the crispy skin.
  4. Rub your duck with salt and pop it in a roasting pan breast side up. I've found it works best if you use a rack or something on the bottom of your pay to keep the duck skin from sticking. Roast in the over for one hour.
  5. Remove duck from the oven and flip it over. Poke it all over with your sharp knife. Roast breast side down for an hour.
  6. Remove your duck. Poke it all over and flip it again. Roast your duck breast side up for another hour.
  7. Remove, poke, and flip again. Roast breast side down for the final hour.
  8. While it's roasting in the final hour, prepare your glaze. Put all the ingredients in a pot and boil them together to reduce. When it's thick enough to coat a spoon and sticky, remove it from the heat and set aside.
  9. Remove your duck from the oven and crank the heat up to 400F. Flip your duck breast side up and brush it all over with your sticky glaze. When the over reaches the full temperature, pop the duck back in the oven for 5-10 minutes, until the glaze is sticky and hardened.
  10. Let your duck rest for 15 minutes and then carve and enjoy!

If you’ve never tried roasting a whole duck before, I hope you give it a try.

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