Leek And Morel Strata Recipes

17 WAYS TO COOK MOREL MUSHROOMS

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LEEK AND MOREL STRATA

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• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Greas a 9x13" bakig dish with butter. Soak and chop the mushrooms and strain the soaking liquid. Set aside 1/2 cup of the liquid for this recipe. While mushrooms soak, toast the bread cubes on a baking sheet in the oven until dry and crisp but not necesssarily golden, 5-10 minutes. Set aside to cool. Turn off the oven.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium high heat until it begins to brown. Add leeks and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper (about 1/2 teaspoon each). Cook, stirring, until leeks are translucent, soft, and browned in places, 8-10 minutes. Stir in mushrooms and the reserved mushroom liquid. Raise heat to medium high and cook until liquid almost completely evaporates, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Beat eggs in a large bowl. Whisk milk, cheese, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Arrange half of bread cubes evenly over bottom of buttered baking dish. Scatter half of the mushroom-leek mixture. Pour over half of the egg mixture. Top with the remaining bread, and then the remaining mushroom-leek mixture. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate over night.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Let the strata sit at room temperature while the oven heats. Uncover and bake until eggs are set and top browns in places, about 45 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving.

LEEK, POTATO, AND MOREL GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter a 2 1/2-quart baking dish. Bring cream, broth, morels, and green garlic to a simmer.
• Assemble the gratin: Peel potatoes, and cut crosswise into slices slightly thicker than 1/8 inch. Layer potatoes in dish, overlapping slightly. Spread half the leeks over top, and season with salt. Pour half the cream mixture over top. Repeat.
• Cover gratin with foil, and bake 40 minutes. Uncover, and bake until potatoes are tender and golden and most of the liquid is absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes more. Let cool 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with lemon zest.