French Style Mushrooms Recipes

FRENCH MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Cook onions in 4 tablespoons butter in a large stockpot over medium heat until soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in flour and cook over low heat for 4 minutes without browning. Add the stock, blending it completely with the flour. Add the parsley, bay leaf, and thyme, and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain into a second pot.
• In a large skillet, heat remaining 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add the cremini mushrooms and season with salt. Cook until softened, and then add the shiitake and oyster mushrooms. Season with salt and lemon juice and cook until mushrooms are deep golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Reheat stock mixture to a simmer. Whisk the egg yolks and cream until blended. While whisking, slowly add a cupful of the hot soup into the cream mixture and add back to the soup and heat to just below a simmer (if the soup simmers, the yolks will curdle). Add the cooked mushroom mixture and stir to combine. Serve garnished with parsley.

FRENCH ESCARGOT-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 375 F. Mix together the 6 tablespoons of softened butter with the shallots, garlic, celery, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Place a small spoonful of herb butter and a snail in each mushroom cap, then brush the exterior of the mushroom with a bit of the herb butter.
• Arrange the mushrooms in a shallow baking dish.
• Bake them for 15 minutes and serve hot. Enjoy!

SAUTEED WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Brush the caps of each mushroom with a clean sponge. Remove and discard the stems. Slice the small mushrooms thickly and cut the large ones in a large dice.
• Heat the olive oil in a large (11 - inch) Dutch oven or saucepan. Add the shallots and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, or until the shallots are translucent. Add the butter, mushrooms, salt, and pepper and cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, until they are tender and begin to release their juices, stirring often. Stir in the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes. Toss in the parsley, sprinkle with salt, and serve warm.

FRENCH HERB-MARINATED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are just soft, about 6-8 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in the vinegar (or white wine), lemon juice and zest, garlic, herbes de Provence, thyme, and bay leaves. Pour over the remaining olive oil and season with sugar, salt and pepper.
• Transfer to a medium bowl and allow to cool at room temperature; then sprinkle with fresh snipped parsley and toss gently to combine. Cover and chill for at least one hour. -Or- pack mixture into a glass container, seal, and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Serve chilled, warm, or at room temperature. Makes 1 pint.

FRENCH-STYLE MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• Combine all four mushroom types in a large bowl with onions; toss gently to mix.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a very large pot over medium-high heat. Cover the bottom of the pot with one layer of the mushroom-onion mixture. Cook, without moving them around too much, until they begin to brown and caramelize on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir and cook another 3 to 5 minutes to brown the other side. Transfer to a large bowl using a slotted spoon. Add 2 tablespoons oil to the pot, and repeat with another batch. Continue until all mushrooms and onions are cooked.
• Season mushroom-onion mixture with salt and pepper.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and 1 tablespoon oil to the pot. Add leek and carrots and saute until leeks turn a light golden color and start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste; cook for 1 minute. Add flour; cook and stir for 1 more minute.
• Add wine, vegetable broth, tamari, cayenne, thyme, and bay leaves, and scrape up the brown bits at the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Carefully add the mushroom-onion mixture. Bring to a simmer.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, partly covered, until carrots and onions are tender and sauce has thickened, 30 to 40 minutes.

FRENCH COUNTRY CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts between wax paper and pound with a mallet to flatten. Cut each piece in half lengthwise. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm. In a small frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the shallots and saute for about 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes more, stirring occasionally. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and wine until all the lumps are gone. Add the flour mixture to the shallots and mushrooms. Stir in the chicken stock and cook over medium-high heat. Stir until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add the rosemary. In a large, nonstick skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the chicken and saute until no longer pink or until a thermometer inserted into the chicken reads 170 F, about 5 minutes. To serve, transfer 2 chicken breast halves onto each plate. Spoon mushroom sauce over the chicken and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately.

FRENCH STYLE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Cook mushrooms over medium heat in EVOO until they sweat off water and become drier. Add all other ingredients and sautee until golden.