Wild Mushroom Potato Cake Recipes

WILD MUSHROOM & POTATO CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. tip the mushrooms into a bowl and pour over boiling water to just cover them. Leave to cool, then drain (reserve the stock for another time), squeezing out excess liquid.
• Heat about a fifth of the butter in a pan and stew the garlic over a low heat for 3-4 mins. Throw in the mushrooms and continue to cook for 15-20 mins until tender. Season well and set aside.
• Peel and slice the potatoes (don't wash them, as the starch holds the cake together). Butter a 20cm ovenproof pan, then overlap a layer of potatoes on the bottom. Build up the cake with layers of potato, scatterings of mushroom, dots of butter and seasoning, finishing with a layer of potatoes. Cover with foil and bake for 50-60 mins, until a knife slides into the cake easily. Remove from the oven, run a knife around the outside to make sure it doesn't stick, then leave to relax for at least 5 mins. Carefully invert onto a baking tray, cool and keep in the fridge. To serve, heat in the oven until piping hot and cut into wedges.

WILD MUSHROOM AND POTATO CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200°C.
• Soak the mushrooms in boiling water for 30 minutes, drain and slice, saving the liquid for stock if desired.
• heat 1/5th of the butter and gently stew the garlic for 3 - 4 minutes. Add the mushrooms and continue to cook for 15 - 20 minutes until the mushrooms are tender. Season and set aside.
• Peel and slice the potatoes. Butter a 20cm ovenproof pan and place an overlapping layer of potatoes in the bottom. Buildup the cake using alternate layers of potatoes and mushroom mix adding dots of the butter as you go, finishing with a layer of potatoes.
• Cover with foil and bake for 50 - 60 minutes, until a knife slides into the cake easily.
• Remove from oven, run a knife around the outside of the cake and leave to rest for 5 minutes. Turn out and allow to cool, this helps keep the cakes shape.
• Reheat when desired.

WILD MUSHROOM AND SWEET POTATO GRATIN

Steps:

• In a skillet saute mushrooms and shallots in olive oil until tender.
• Add chopped parsley,chicken broth, salt and pepper and mix together.
• In medium casserole dish place half of the sliced sweet potatoes, add half of the mushroom mixture, followed by half of the cheese.
• Continue one or more layer in the same order.
• Cover and bake at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake for 20 more minutes.

ROASTED WILD MUSHROOMS AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place potatoes into a large roasting pan and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and mix to coat potatoes with salt and olive oil. Turn so the cut sides are up.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
• While potatoes are cooking, pour 1 teaspoon olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat and cook pancetta, stirring often, in the hot oil until pancetta releases some fat and looks like cooked ham, about 5 minutes. Stir in king trumpet, chanterelle, nameko, and clamshell mushrooms, adding a pinch of salt as they cook.
• Turn heat to high and cook mushrooms until most of the juices evaporate and mushrooms begin to brown, about 10 minutes.
• Turn oven heat up to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Stir potatoes in the baking dish; mix mushrooms and pancetta with potatoes. Return to oven and bake for 10 minutes; stir and continue baking until potatoes are browned, soft, and tender, about 10 more minutes. Let cool slightly, about 10 minutes.
• Drizzle sherry vinegar over potatoes and mushrooms, sprinkle with tarragon, garlic, and 1 tablespoon olive oil, and toss to mix. Taste and adjust seasoning. Transfer to a serving platter.