Salmon cakes are a good way to utilize grilled or roasted salmon leftovers. But you can also make salmon pate to bring your leftovers to
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Spread and dip
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Creamy mushrooms
Ingredients:
- Works best with shiitake, you can combine it some other mushrooms – oysters, baby bella, but shiitake is a must.
- Small shallot or 1 leak
- Heavy cream – 1/2 cup
- White wine 1/4 cup
- Salt, pepper, nutmeg
- 2 tbsp of light olive oil + 2 tbsp butter
Directions
- Heat your pan with 2 tbsp of light olive oil. Start with frying some mild onions (shallot or leaks) till golden brown
- Add your dry clean mushrooms to the pan and let them get golden brown, only after they get that nice crust keep stirring them till they are almost fully cooked.
- Add butter, stir and fry mushrooms for another minute
- Season with salt and pepper
- Deglaze the pan with white wine, reduce the heat and cook for about 5-7 minutes
- Add the cream, bring to a boil, cook for about 2 minutes
- Check for seasoning, add some nutmeg
- Serve hot or warm
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