MUSHROOM RECIPES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19606, 7 April 1927, Page 7

MUSHROOM RECIPES.

Noisettes With Mushrooms.—Remove, the lean part of a loin or neck of mutton in one long fillet, and cut it across in thick slices. Boil the bones for gravy.' With two good tablespoonfuls of finelychopped mushrooms, mix a small quarterteaspoonful each of chopped parsley and . very finefy-chopped onion, and season highly. Spread the mixture on each slice of mutton, leaving a narrow margin round at the edge uncovered. Fry quickly in hot butter, cooking the covered side first. When fat is liked, cut some of tha fat of the mutton into heat squares, and brown them to serve with the noisettes. - Mushrooms and Mince. —For a dish to serve three or four, boil a teacupful of Patna rice for 10 minutes, rinse well with cold water, and leave it spread on a dish for an hour or so to dry. Place a layer of mushrooms in a pie-dish, and coyer with minced meat of any kind, seasoning well. Between the mince and the next layer of mushrooms spread one-third of the rice, and repeat the layers in this order, rice forming the last. Almost fill the dish with gravy, adding more later. The excellence of this dish depends largely upon the rice being properly dried, that it may subsequently absorb plenty , of gravy. Cover the top with greased paper, and bake gently for forty minutes. Luncheon Dish. —Required; lib. of mushrooms, 1 shallot, half a teaspoonful of chopped thyme, salt, browned crumbs, loz, of butter, 2oz. of ham or bacon, 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley, a pinch of powdered mace, pepper, half a pint of brown sauce, the yolk of 2 eggs. Peel, wash, and dry some mushrooms, cut the stems to within a quarter of an inch of the top. Chop the ham or bacon vefy , finely, peel and chop the shallot, mix them together with the parsley, thyme, mace and seasoning. Simmer gently for 5 minutes m the butter, and add the yolks of 2 eggs. Fill the mushrooms with this forcemeat mixture, sprinkle with the browned crumbs. Place them in a greased baking-tin, and babe in ft moderate oven for about 15 mifateOv Place on a hot dish; strain brawn 6au*9 | rwrndthan. \