Wild Mushroom Stew Recipes

WILD MUSHROOM AND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Cut up the meat into medium bite size cubes and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Preheat a Dutch oven or a thick bottomed pot with vegetable oil until it starts to smoke.
• Preheat the oven to 325-degrees.
• Place the beef into the pot, making sure not to overcrowd the pan. Allow to brown on all sides.
• In the meantime, wash and roughly chop your mushrooms.
• Check on the meat and remove once nice and brown. Set aside. You will have some fat and bits on the bottom of the pot. Let it be. This is your flavor.
• Add in the onions, a few cloves of garlic, a few stems of thyme, a bay leaf and mushrooms and toss to cover with the fat in the pot. Sautee for about 10 minutes.
• Add the meat back into the pot and sprinkle evenly with one tablespoon of flour. Mix to combine until none of the flour remains.
• Take about 1 cup of cognac and pour into the pot. NEVER POUR OUT OF THE BOTTLE! I flame can catch onto the bottle while pouring and the bottle will explode. You can either let it cook out as it or light the cognac on fire with a long match or if the pot is shallow enough, tilt it towards the flame so it will catch on fire. This is also called, deglazing.
• Once all the alcohol has cooked out, about 3 minutes, you will be left with a beautiful glazed meat.
• Pour in enough beef stock to cover the meat and mushrooms almost all the way. Adjust seasoning and cover with tightly fitting lid. Place into the oven for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 275-degrees and allow to cook for another 90 minutes or until meat is nice and tender.

WILD MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• Put a clay pot into a cold oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a wok until shimmering. Add beech, oyster, and shiitake mushrooms. Cook and stir until mushrooms soften and volume is reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chicken stock and salt. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and transfer mushroom mixture to the preheated clay pot.
• Turn the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and bake the mushrooms for 10 minutes.
• Stir water and cornstarch together in a small bowl. Remove mushrooms from the oven, add cornstarch mixture, and stir everything evenly. Cover, increase oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and bake for another 10 minutes.
• Stir in bell pepper, green onions, and white pepper. Bake for 5 minutes and serve.

CROCK POT WILD MUSHROOM BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper, and thyme.
• Place beef in a 5 qt crock pot. Sprinkle with the flour mixture, and toss to coat.
• In the same small bowl used to mix the flour (now empty), combine the beef broth, tomato paste, wine and garlic. Mix well and add it to the beef in the crock pot.
• Add the potatoes, mushrooms and carrots to the crock pot and mix well to disperse the ingredients evenly throughout.
• Cover and cook on HIGH 5 - 6 hours, or LOW for 8 - 9 hours, until vegetables and beef are tender.
• DO NOT LIFT LID AND STIR DURING COOKING TIME.
• When ready to serve, stir well, and garnish with fresh chopped parsley.

DAVID WALLACH'S WILD-MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• In a medium-sized saucepan, combine the dried morels and porcini with the water. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and let steep for 30 minutes.
• In a medium-sized saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the fresh mushrooms and cook over high heat until the edges of the mushrooms are golden brown. Remove the mushrooms from the pan and set aside.
• Put the remaining tablespoon of olive oil in the saute pan and heat over a medium flame. Add the leek and saute until translucent.
• Bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the new potato and cook until it is tender but firm, about 2 minutes. Remove the potato from the water with a slotted spoon and reserve. Then add the carrot to the boiling water and blanch for about 2 minutes, or until the carrot is cooked al dente. Remove the carrot with a slotted spoon, refresh in cold water and set aside. Then add the celery root to the boiling water and cook for about 2 minutes or until the celery root is al dente. Drain from the water, refresh in cold water and set aside.
• Drain the mushroom broth through a fine mesh strainer and reserve the broth. Roughly chop the reconstituted mushrooms. Put the mushroom broth in a medium-sized saucepan and add the sauteed mushrooms, the reconstituted dried mushrooms, the cooked vegetables, the sliced artichoke, the bay leaf, chopped lemon thyme and parsley. Simmer gently for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Season the stew with salt and pepper to taste. Add a splash of lemon juice to bring out the mushroom flavor. Serve with a hearty bread such as seven-grain or black bread.

WILD-MUSHROOM AND POTATO STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add onions; sauté until golden, about 8 minutes.
• Add mushrooms; sauté until tender, about 8 minutes.
• Add wine and thyme; boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 1 minute.
• Add next 4 ingredients; cover and simmer gently until vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Stir in bok choy; simmer uncovered until tender, about 8 minutes.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer 3/4 cup potato pieces to small bowl; mash with fork.
• Return mashed potatoes to pot; simmer until juices thicken, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper; serve.