Plan B. July 28, 2008
Posted by littlebangtheory in Dinner with TCR.Tags: cream sauce, mushrooms, raviolis
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So “Plan A” was to try to make raviolis out of a mushroom I found.
But I couldn’t find my flour, which of course shot that plan all to hell.
So I did the next best (and way easier) thing and cooked some good, freshly made store-bought units:
(These being of the Roasted-Red-Pepper-and-Smoked-Mozzarella variety)
Then sautéd the first fruits of my garden into a sauce built around the afore-mentioned mushroom.
I got a little red onion and a handful of basil on the board, then minced half a bulb of fresh garlic:
Then I toasted the ‘shroom and garlic in a thin slick of Extra-V olive oil, mostly ’cause I can, and added the red/green onion a bit later. As the mixture danced on the razor’s edge of carbonization, I splashed in a couple ounces of white wine, full-throttling the heat ’till it all exploded in a cloud of spicy steam and pan-bound sugars.
“I dream of caramel, and long for you…”
Yes, dream on, I’m not quite done.
Out with the veggies, in with the cream, and deglaze ’till it’s a done deal, the bubbling reduction containing every atom of its original incarnation, but now transformed into sugars and a thick sauce, into which the veggies return, are tossed, and are ladled onto the waiting raviolis:
Toasted Wild Mushroom (of unspecified genus) in a White Wine/Cream Sauce on The Raviolis of Your Dreams.
Enjoy it while you can.
very pretty looking dinner!
I see we use the same brand of ravioli. I don’t do Garlic Cream Sauce as often as I would like, so as to keep my PCP from blowing a gasket, but it’s been quite a while.
My favorite ravioli, which hasn’t been available for months, is lemon/ asparagus.
You hippies and your magic mushrooms.
Allow me to just say YUM.
DC, Permission Granted! 😆
jb, lemon-asparagus sounds delectable. I had some mushroom and mascarpone lately which was neigh unto orgasmic, if I may be so candid. And I can, ’cause it’s my blog!! 😉
RG, there’s all kinds of magic in my life, some of which definitely involves mushrooms, but none of which involves kickin’ cow pies. 😦
sherry, Thank’ye, ma’am!
Well, this is a humbling experience. I did my first ever food post and well, it just…doesn’t measure up to this.
But SG2 did help me make the pesto and the girls and I ate dinner outside so it added to the experience. We used our own basil….just go read about it! 🙂
And the Suzanne Vega lyric was a nice touch. 😉
Oh yes…