And that is why we subscribe to Cook's Illustrated

[jducoeur]

Tonight's experiment was the "Very Good Mushroom Lasagna", from the September/October issue. The underlying theme seems to be that the way to get decent mushroom flavor is to have lots and Lots and LOTS of mushrooms -- two pounds of portobelli *plus* half an ounce of dried porcini *and* half a pound of sauteed buttons. Way too much work and expense (see "two pounds of portobelli"), and the end result isn't even remotely healthy (the lasagna involves a quart of milk and a pound of cheese) but it's very tasty.

Recommended to those looking for a good veggie entree. (And who like mushrooms.) No, I'm not typing it in -- the recipe is very, very long, and creative enough that I'm going to respect their copyright on this. Find it in the library, or get the collection at the end of the year...

Comments

[zachkessin.livejournal.com]

Sounds really good, have to see if I can find it online.

[jducoeur]

Hmm. Dig, dig, dig -- the online version of the recipe can apparently be obtained from Cook's Illustrated Online. Still costs money, but they do have a free trial, and might do better for y'all overseas, where shipping is more problematic...

[keshwyn]

On a cooking (but not CI) note - that crockpot book you gave us at the "Take Our Stuff Please" housewarming has been used several times, to varying levels of success. However, last night's Arroz con Queso is very tasty indeed. :)

We have not yet tried the Male Chauvenist Chili, however.

[jducoeur]

Glad to see it's been of use! We always had grand intentions of playing with it, but we never seemed to get around to *cooking* with the crockpot...

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

half an ounce of dried porcini

Is this a typo? If not, how noticable can half an ounce be, under 2.5 *pounds* of other mushrooms? Or are they just very potent in some manner?

[jducoeur]

That's mass, not volume. They're very, very dried, so very, very light. I probably used an ounce, really -- 1-2 handfuls. My one-pound bag is probably over a gallon in volume...