Showing posts with label galette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label galette. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Cuisine: Daphne's Delectable (Mushroom) Galettes RECIPE


Dough
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 tblsp sugar
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into small pieces
1/3-1/2 cup ice water

Directions:
Mix the flour, salt and sugar together in a bowl. Cut in the butter by hand or using a mixer with a paddle attachment, leaving pea sized chunks. Sprinkle the ice water over the top by the tblsp and toss it with the flour mixture until you can bring the dough into a ball. Press it into a disk ad refrigerate for 15 min if the butter feels soft.

Filling and Assembly
Ingredients:
2 cups mushroom stock
2-3 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Red wine
½ cup olive oil
1 large onion cut into ½ inch dice
2 teaspoons minced rosemary
Salt and freshly milled pepper
2 pinches red pepper flakes
1-pound large white mushrooms
½ pound portabella or shitake mushrooms 2 garlic cloves minced
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1-tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
2 tablespoons melted butter or beaten egg for the glaze

Directions:
Season stock with a few teaspoons mustard and just enough vinegar to sharpen the flavours. Set aside

Heat 1 tblsp of the oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and rosemary and cook over medium heat until the onion is slightly browned, about 12 min. Season with ½ tsp salt, a little pepper, an the red pepper flakes. Remove to a bowl.

Heat half the remaining oil in the same skillet over high heat. Add half the mushrooms and sauté until browned, and then season with salt and pepper. Remove to the bowl with the onions, and then repeat with the remaining mushrooms. Return everything to the pan, add the garlic and tomato paste diluted with a few spoonfuls of the stock. Add a tspn of the vinegar. Add the remaining stock, bring to a boil, and then stir in the butter and the parsley. Cook for 5 min, then drain, reserving the juices.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. roll out the dough for one large or 6 Individual galettes. Then add mushrooms. Loosely fold the dough over the filling and brush it with melted butter or egg. Bake until the crust is browned, about 25 min. Heat any reserved juices and spoon them into mushrooms.

Recipe from Daphne Morgen.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Camaraderie: Daphne's Delectable Galettes

I love Daphne. I met her thanks to our mutual friend Beth. Beth produced a show called Provocateur: The Un-Cabaret that was performed at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory in May 2008. We were both in the show and became fast friends. It was the combination of performance, drinking, and social justice that did it. Well...that and we both love the S. in The S. Kitchen.

The other night Daphne invited John and I to dinner. I have never had dinner at Daphne's, and I was excited to see what she created. I was confident that her world travels would invade her spice cabinet and menu box. I was positive that her Canadian and American upbringing would bring fresh inspiration to the table. I was hopeful that I might find inspiration for Slowly Growing Green.

She didn't disappoint. Inspire she did. In fact, inspiration was mutual. Daphne saw the invite for Slowly Growing Green and wanted to rise to its challenge: using local ingredients as much as possible. So she created deliciously delicate mushroom galettes using herbs from her mother's garden (her mother was visiting from Canada, and while not geographically "local" it was local in relation to family) and California vegetables. It was divine, so divine that my husband, who hates mushrooms, loved it too!

Sadly, Daphne can't make it to Slowly Growing Green on Sunday, May 16th from 4pm to 7pm. She wants to be there, but a girl's got to make a living, and she is working that night. Boo!

But she will be there in spirit thanks to her galettes! I am going to tackle the recipe. Be forewarned: I am not a real baker, nor am I a pastry chef. Thus, the challenge. It will be fun. Well...at least it will be fun for me. ;) Hopefully, it turns out as delicious as hers.

And stay tuned for other inspirations for Slowly Growing Green. I am heading to the Farmer's Market today. Who knows what freshness will inspire!