OK, I'm in!
I wanted to publish my recipe for the delicious dinner I cooked tonight and this thread came up... it's a sign!!
I rustled this up because it's what was in the fridge. It was very easy to prepare, and can readily adapt to vegan and/or gluten free.
Mushroom, cauliflower and spinach linguine (with sausage and bacon)Ingredients (use high quality, organic ingredients throughout):
*225g small button mushrooms (champignons)
*1 small cauliflower
*extra virgin olive oil
*dried tarragon
*dried chervil
*paprika - mild
*black pepper
*200g baby(ish) spinach leaves
*4 (gluten-free) Lincolnshire sausages - mine were already cooked from the other day, which made things a bit easier. Vegans - use tofu sausages. They're great!
*4 rashers unsmoked streaky bacon. Marinated tempeh would surely work, too.
*3 spring onions (scallions)
*appropriate quantity of linguine for about 2 people - again, mine was left over from a previous day. Of course, other pasta or buckwheat noodles will do a similar job, it's just this stuff was rather nice!
optional topping:
*pecan nuts
*mixed seeds - pumpkin, sesame, sunflower
*Shoyu soya sauce
Method:
Start heating 1-2 tbsp olive oil over a medium heat in a non-stick frying pan.
Wipe mushrooms to remove dirt, throw them into the pan, drizzle with a bit of extra oil and cover with a lid. Shake or stir occasionally.
In a second (2nd), high-sided frying pan heat another 1-2 tbsp olive oil over a moderate heat while cutting the cauliflower into florets. Put the cauliflower into the second pan to cook gently with a lid on.
Rinse the spinach thoroughly.
Slice the sausages to your preferred thickness e.g. 8-10 mm.
When the mushrooms appear to have cooked nicely for a while and are swimming in their own juices, add them along with all their juice and the sliced sausages to the cauliflower in the second pan. Season with the herbs and spices and stir well.
Put the spinach on top of the cauliflower etc and cover again with lid.
Put the bacon in the first pan to fry gently. Cover with the lid to keep it moist.
Chop the spring onions and add to the veg pan on top of the spinach. Keep that lid on nicely!
Remove the lid from the bacon so it can brown just a tiny bit. Then chop it into ~20mm pieces. The spinach should be wilting by now. Add the bacon to the veg pan and stir it all together thoroughly. Replace the lid.
Add another dash of oil to the first frying pan and toss the cooked pasta around in it to heat through for a couple of minutes, then add it to the pan with the veg and stir in well.
Close the kitchen door. Add the pecan nuts to the first frying pan and toast them over a gentle heat for a minute or two. Then add the seeds and toast briefly. Careful! you don't want to burn them! (I set off my smoke alarm
) Add a generous dash of soy sauce and stir furiously. The soy sauce should, with any luck, coat the nuts & seeds. Transfer to a bowl.
Your meal is now ready to serve -
guten Appetit!Sorry there's no pics, I was too busy cooking and then eating for all that...
PS - that faux amanita is just brilliant!
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