Category: buckwheat pancakes

Mushrooms with polenta

Herby mushrooms with cheesy polenta

by Hecichera, posted in buckwheat pancakes, mushrooms, polenta

My veg box from Goodery  was overflowing with mushrooms this week.

To be honest – as someone who cooks every single day, it had been a hard cooking week. I wanted something simple for supper.  This mushroom dish takes 15 minutes – so it’s a quick and delicious supper.

I gently cooked sliced leeks with garlic and black garlic in sumptuous Mother’s Garden olive oil and a few chilli flakes, and then added sliced flat-cap mushrooms, button mushrooms and a few Shitake that were skidding around in the bottom of the fridge. After 5 minutes I added little sprouting broccoli spears (also in veg box) and gave it all a stir, took it off the heat and clamped the lid on.  After 5 minutes the broccoli was cooked but still bright green.

Now for the liquid.  I added two tablespoons of mushroom ketchup and a dash of Lea and Perrins, a good grind of black pepper and then a carton (250ml) of Oatly cream.  If you don’t have any  Oatly, you can quickly make cream with cashews, by throwing a handful of cashews (about 60g) into a blender with 300ml boiling water. Hey presto. Cashew cream.

Stir the liquid into the mushrooms, leeks and broccoli add a good grind of black pepper. Check whether you need salt.  Chop some flatleaf parsley and some dill.

You can serve with vegeatables, rice or potatoes. Or,- better still – you can do the quick fix and put 300ml boiling water in a saucepan and add two cups of dried polenta. Keep stirring and stirring till it’s all incorporated (I use a big balloon whisk), then add ridiculous amounts of butter and parmesan. Last night I added gorgonzola and parmesan and no butter. There are times when you can have too much of a good thing!  Beat it all in then pile the cooked polenta into a dish and top with the mushroom mixture and sprinkle with parsley and dill.

Buckwheat pancakes stuffed with mushrooms and sprouting broccoli
Buckwheat pancakes with mushrooms

You can serve this with other vegetables and potatoes. Or put it in a pie. Or serve it with spaghetti.

A favourite alternative is to make pancakes with buckwheat flour and then fill with the mushrooms and broccoli. Very yummy with a big green salad and a good dollop of home made mayonnaise.

All done – hob to dish in 15 minutes!