(I'm not here right now, please email a message) ([info]reddragdiva) wrote,
@ 2003-08-15 13:32:00
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Rotund for success v2.0.

Based loosely on this. I recommend meals like this no more than once a month unless you wish to be the subject of mathematical jokes starting "Assume a spherical cow."

It is, however, unspeakably nice. It's where mushrooms go when they have been Really Quite Remarkably Good Indeed.

Frying pan
Olive oil
300-500g mushrooms, diced largeish
25-50g butter
300ml double cream
A squirt of soy sauce
Just a little tabasco
Pasta, preferably penne

Olive oil into the pan. Fry the mushrooms in it. Add the butter. Fry the mushrooms a bit longer.

(At this point, you should taste a piece or two of mushroom. You'll see what I mean above. OH MY GOD.)

Put the penne on. Add the cream, soy sauce and chili. Stir lots and lots. It should be reduced by the time the penne is done.

Serve. Eat slowly.

Under no circumstances endeavour to count the calories.

(I used to eat meals like this all the time in Fitzroy cafés. I'm amazed I didn't have to roll there and back.)




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[info]tephramancy
2003-08-15 05:33 am UTC (link)
Where's the garlic?

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[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-15 05:35 am UTC (link)
I actually didn't use garlic in a meal for once, and it works very well without it. I suspect garlic would actually be the thing for it - I think it would clash a bit with the cream.

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[info]tephramancy
2003-08-15 05:36 am UTC (link)
Actually, garlic goes quite well with cream... you just have to smoosh it up a bit more than normal.

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[info]tcpip
2003-08-16 01:25 am UTC (link)

Alternative version. Delete tabasco and soy. Add snails prior to mushrooms, followed by garlic and mix in finely chopped parsley prior to serving.

Mmmm.....

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[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-15 05:35 am UTC (link)
I mean, wouldn't actually be the thing for it.

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[info]tephramancy
2003-08-15 05:36 am UTC (link)
Yeah, I figured ;-)

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[info]stevenothing
2003-08-15 05:36 am UTC (link)
If you replace the soy/tobasco with some freshly chopped dill/rosemary, and serve it on thick, toasted wholemeal-bread, it's also dead lovely. I generally use chestnut mushrooms halved.
And yes, don't even think about the calories.

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[info]phelyan
2003-08-15 06:16 am UTC (link)
Damn, I will have to make that over the weekend now.

Do you know what that is going to do to my diet?!

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I abhor mushrooms
[info]loosechanj
2003-08-15 06:47 am UTC (link)
Substituting pure lard for the 'rooms has to be permissible, no?

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Re: I abhor mushrooms
[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-15 07:17 am UTC (link)
Only if you substitute lard for the penne as well.

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Re: I abhor mushrooms
[info]redcountess
2003-08-15 07:31 am UTC (link)
I wonder if spinach would work?

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[info]redcountess
2003-08-15 07:32 am UTC (link)
I still maintain it could be made with semi-skimmed cream.

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[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-15 07:34 am UTC (link)
PERVERT! INFIDEL!

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[info]phelyan
2003-08-15 07:36 am UTC (link)
I'll try it this weekend with Elmlea Light (buttermilk based cream substitute) and a good helping of cracked black pepper. I'll let you know if it was successful. Pity you can't really substitute the butter... or maybe you can?

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[info]redcountess
2003-08-15 07:43 am UTC (link)
Butter and olive oil are two things that shouldn't be substituted!

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[info]phelyan
2003-08-15 07:45 am UTC (link)
I know, I know. This is one of the reasons why I'm on a diet now.

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[info]damien_wise
2003-08-15 08:25 am UTC (link)
Oooh, yum! :)


I think you're looking at it all wrong -- it's not unhealthy if it's got good stuff like pasta and mushies; sooo many mushrooms! ;)

Under no circumstances endeavour to count the calories.

not necessarily a bad thing if you do something energetic to use the calories...you decide what. This is left as an exercise for the reader.

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[info]sushidog
2003-08-15 08:46 am UTC (link)
This is left as an exercise for the reader.

There, y'see, now we've all had sme exercise without even leaving our screens, so we can eat all the creamy mushroom goodness we want. :-)

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[info]50_ft_queenie
2003-08-15 12:03 pm UTC (link)
Damnation that sounds good. The only thing I would add to it is some fresh ground pepper and some freshly grated parmigiano cheese as a final garnish.

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[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-15 12:51 pm UTC (link)
Oh yessssssss. Toss some cheese in after serving.

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[info]valkyriekaren
2003-08-17 02:06 pm UTC (link)
remind me never to eat cheese at your house.

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[info]reddragdiva
2003-08-17 02:52 pm UTC (link)
Well, it might have been rude with the preposition somewhere else.

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