North Croatian Mushrooms And Pasta Casserole Recipes

NORTH CROATIAN MUSHROOMS AND PASTA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to manufacturer manual and when cooked put aside.
• Soak dried mushrooms in water about 20 minute Slice cultivated mushrooms into small leaves. Cut wild mushrooms into small pieces. Finely slice onion. Sauté onion on butter and when soft add all mushrooms. Season with salt. Sauté it until all water evaporates. Remove from heat and let it cool.
• For béchamel sauce, melt 50 g butter and add 2 tablespoons flour. When it starts to foam add milk slowly and continue to cook on low heat until sauce become creamy. Add salt, white pepper and nutmeg.
• Remove from heat and wait to become warm (about 40°C), add 1 egg and 50 g grated cheese. Mix and add sautéed mushrooms.
• Take a casserole pot, coat it with butter and lay pasta. Cover pasta with mushroom sauce and mix a little just to level everything. Cover with sour cream and bake it on 200°C about 20-30 minute When ready, leave it to cool for 5 minutes and than serve.

NORTH CROATIAN HAM AND PASTA CASSEROLE (KRPICE SA SUNKOM)

Steps:

• Cook pasta until al dente.
• Sauté finely sliced onion on butter until soft and add sliced ham. Sauté it not more than 5 minutes than let it cool for a bit.
• Take casserole pot; coat it with butter and sprinkle bread crumbs over to cover the butter.
• Mix well eggs, milk, butter and some sour cream. Add chopped parsley leaves salt and pepper into eggs and mix with ham.
• To prepare casserole first lay one layer of pasta, than mix the rest of pasta with ham and eggs and cover the first layer of pasta.
• Cover with the rest of sour cream. Bake it for 25 to 35 minutes on 200°C Serve hot.

NORTH CROATIAN MUSHROOM PANCAKES (CREPES)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pot and sauté finely sliced onion until soft.
• Add sliced mushrooms and sauté it in half closed pot. Season with pepper, salt, nutmeg and very finely minced garlic.
• Add meat stock and cook until stock evaporates.
• Put mushrooms aside to cool a bit.
• Add mixed 200g sour cream, parsley leaves and yolk into mushrooms.
• Stuff pancakes and form them into cigars.
• Put pancakes into buttered casserole pot only one layer. Cover with rest of sour cream and bake it on 200°C about 35 minutes. Serve hot.

CROATIAN MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• If you use dried mushroom soak in water them before use about 10-15 minute.
• On a melted lard sauté onion and bacon until it is soft. Add flour and sauté until the flour is brown, add very little paprika and after 30 sec. add cold water and stir to prevent coagulation.
• Add all the mushroom you have, salt, pepper and potato sliced in small cubes. Add water (cca 1 liter) and cook 1,5 hour (if water evaporate add some more).
• At the end add sour cream and parsley. REMEMBER all mushrooms are eatable, some of them only once!