Mushroom Bouchees Recipes

BûCHE DE NOëL WITH MARZIPAN MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• For filling:
• Bring milk to boil in medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk yolks and sugar in small bowl until well blended; whisk in flour. Whisk hot milk into egg mixture. Return to same saucepan. Whisk over medium heat until custard thickens and boils, about 1 1/2 minutes. Transfer to processor; cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Add marzipan; process until smooth, about 1 minute. Blend in butter 1 piece at a time, then both extracts. Cover and refrigerate filling at least 4 hours or up to 2 days.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 11x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Line bottom with parchment paper; butter and flour parchment. Whisk eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, vanilla and salt in large metal bowl. Set bowl over pot of simmering water. Whisk until just warm, about 2 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat mixture until tripled in volume, about 6 minutes. Sift flour over; fold in until just combined. Gently fold in butter (do not overmix, or batter will deflate). Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over towel. Run knife around edge of pan to loosen cake. Turn hot cake out onto towel. Peel off parchment. Starting at 1 long side and using towel as aid, gently roll up cake jelly-roll style. Cool. Unroll cake. Spread filling over. Reroll cake; place cake, seam side down, on platter. Refrigerate cake while preparing frosting.
• For frosting:
• Bring cream and butter to boil in medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to melt butter. Remove from heat. Add both chocolates; whisk until melted. Transfer to medium bowl. Let cool at room temperature until thick enough to spread, about 1 hour.
• Starting 1 inch in from each end of cake, cut on diagonal to remove one 3-inch-long piece of cake from each end. Attach 1 cake piece at sides of cake near each end. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake and pieces. Using tines of fork, draw concentric circles on cake ends to resemble tree rings. Draw fork along length of cake to form bark design. Garnish with Marzipan Mushrooms.

MUSHROOM BOUCHEES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Chop green onions and mushrooms very finely, to a nearly paste-like consistency.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; stir in green onions and mushrooms and cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Whisk cornstarch into half-and-half; pour into mushroom mixture and cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Season mushroom mixture with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
• Roll bread slices with a rolling pin until very flat and thin. Spread mushroom mixture evenly onto flattened bread; tightly roll up bread slices. Slice each bread tube into 1-inch thick rounds; place rounds onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread is browned, about 10 minutes.

MUSHROOM CAPPUCCINO

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy bottomed pan.
• Add bay leaf, onion and garlic.
• Saute for 2-3 minutes or till the onion becomes translucent.
• Add mushrooms.
• Saute for a minute.
• Add 1 cup of vegetable stock.
• Cook for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Make a puree of the cooked mushrooms.
• Add the remaining vegetable stock to it.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add salt and white pepper powder.
• Simmer the soup for 2-3 minutes.
• Add fresh cream and remove from heat.
• Place soup in individual cups.
• Keep a deep bowl in the refrigerator to chill it.
• In this chilled bowl pour in the chilled milk and beat it with a fork.
• This will develop froth in it which can be collected with a ladle and placed on the hot mushroom soup giving it a cappuccino effect.
• Sprinkle powdered cinnamon and serve immediately.

EPICUREAN BOUCHEES

Steps:

• Clean mushroom caps. Cut in one fourth inch strips crosswise and saute in butter 3 minutes. Clean and steam frog legs, until tender, then add crab meat, butter, salt, paprika and Sherry wine. Cover and let stand 30 minutes. Put on range and cook 5 minutes. Pour off one half wine and add mushrooms. Scald cream in a double boiler. Dilute cornstarch with cold water, add gradually to scalded cream, and cook ten minutes, stirring constantly until mixture thickens, and afterwards occasionally. Then add slightly beaten egg yolk. Add to mushroom mixture, reheat and season with salt and cayenne. Fill bouchee cases with mixture or serve with puff-paste points.