Mushrooms And Artichokes En Croute Recipes

MARINATED MUSHROOMS & ARTICHOKES

Steps:

• In a nonreactive bowl, combine first 12 ingredients. Refrigerate, covered, to allow flavors to blend, 3-4 hours. Serve with additional parsley.

MOMMA'S ARTICHOKE HEARTS AND MUSHROOM BAKE

Steps:

• Drain artichoke liquid and slice hearts in quarters.
• Clean and slice mushrooms.
• Place 1 tablespoon of olive oil at the bottom of a covered casserole dish.
• Arrange the artichoke hearts on the bottom and top with a layer of sliced mushrooms.
• Sprinkle with salt & pepper.
• Top with 1/4 of the breadcrumbs.
• Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil onto the breadcrumbs and repeat the layers again.
• Finish the top layer of breadcrumbs with the remaining oil and top with parmesan cheese.
• Cover and bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove the cover and brown the top until golden in color and serve.

MUSHROOM-STUFFED BRIE EN CROûTE

Steps:

• Mince enough onion to measure 1/2 cup and finely chop mushrooms. In a 9- to 10-inch heavy skillet cook onion in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add mushrooms, Sherry, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste and sauté over moderately high heat, stirring, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated. Cool mushroom mixture.
• On a lightly floured surface roll out 1 sheet of pastry into a 13-inch square and, using Brie as a guide, cut out 1 round the size of the Brie. Cut out a mushroom shape from scraps for decoration.
• Horizontally halve Brie. Roll out remaining sheet of pastry into a 13-inch square and transfer to a shallow baking pan. Center bottom half of Brie, cut side up, on pastry square and spread mushroom mixture on top. Cover mushroom mixture with remaining half of Brie, cut side down.
• Without stretching pastry, wrap it snugly up over Brie and trim excess to leave a 1-inch border of pastry on top of Brie. In a small bowl lightly beat egg and brush onto border. Top Brie with pastry round, pressing edges of dough together gently but firmly to seal. Brush top of pastry with some egg and arrange pastry mushroom on it. Lightly brush mushroom with some egg, being careful not to let egg drip over edge of mushroom (which would prevent it from rising). With back of a sharp small knife gently score side of pastry with vertical marks, being careful not to cut through dough. Chill Brie, uncovered, 30 minutes. Brie may be made up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, loosely covered.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Bake Brie in middle of oven until pastry is puffed and golden, about 20 minutes. Let Brie stand in pan on a rack 15 minutes and transfer with a spatula to a serving plate.
• Serve Brie with bread or crackers.

CHICKEN WITH ARTICHOKES AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a large casserole dish with cooking spray or mist with olive oil.
• Combine salt, paprika, and pepper, and sprinkle over chicken cubes.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add the chicken and lightly brown on all sides, about 4 minutes. Transfer to the casserole dish. Remove artichoke hearts from the marinade and place among the chicken cubes. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the marinade for later.
• Melt remaining butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and stir until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Combine flour and thyme; stir into the mushrooms. Mix chicken broth, sherry, and Dijon mustard together. Gradually add to the skillet, stirring constantly until lightly thickened. Taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken and artichokes. Drizzle with the reserved artichoke marinade. Cover.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 15 to 18 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Garnish with chopped parsley.

MUSHROOMS EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Brush both sides of the bread with the melted butter.
• Cut each slice in half vertically, then each half into 3 horizontally.
• Bake on a baking sheet for 5-10 minutes, till golden and crisp.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the garlic and onion and cook, stirring, over low heat until the onion is soft.
• Add the mushrooms and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour sherry into pan.
• Blend the sour cream and cornflour together and add to the mushrooms, stir until mixture boils and thickens.
• Remove from heat and stir in the herbs.
• Allow to cool.
• Spread the mushroom mixture onto each croute (bread) and sprinkle with the parmesan.
• Place on a baking tray and bake for 5 minutes, or until heated through.
• Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs if desired.

MUSHROOM AND ARTICHOKE SOUP

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.

MUSHROOMS AND ARTICHOKES EN CROUTE

Steps:

• Allow the puff pastry to thaw for at least 40 minutes at room temperature. I used Sara Lee Puff Pastry, its Parve. :-).
• Preheat your oven to 400'F.
• Slice the mushrooms and quarter the artichoke hearts. Saute gently in margarine until soft.
• Add artichoke hearts and wine.
• Saute gently for a few minutes. Add the flour, salt and pepper, stir to combine. Add the soy sour cream and snipped chives.
• Cook until thickened. Set aside to cool.
• On a lightly floured surface roll out one sheet of puff pastry. The box should have two sheets in it.
• Make a rectangle about 13x16". Trim the uneven edges. Keep the trimmings for decoration.
• I put parchment on the baking sheet so it wouldn't burn. Lay the puff pastry on the baking sheet and prick it all over.
• Bake for about 15 minutes. Keep an eye on it, it browns fast.
• Remove from the oven and set on a rack to cool.
• Prepare the second sheet of puff pastry. Roll it out a bit bigger then the other one and brush the edges with the soy creamer.
• Dump the mushroom artichoke filling onto the already baked pastry.
• At this point you can mound it to look like a loaf. Place the second sheet of puff pastry over it and tuck in the edges.
• Roll out the left over pastry you saved for decoration and make long pieces. Create a lattice pattern over the pastry and brush with the remaining soy creamer.
• Make two small holes in the pastry for a steam vent.
• Bake at 400'F for about 40 minutes. Once again keep an eye on it. My oven cooks hot, so I took it out sooner.
• Bon Appetit!