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

Pumpkin crepes

All ingredients and proportions are the same as for regular crepes, pumpkin addition makes them extra flavorful. You can stuff your crepes with whatever you like, making them sweet or savory. They are actually absolutely delicious just as they are, and the color will brighten your day.

Ingredients :

(for 10 small crepes, about 4″ in diameter, double the amount for more)

  • 1 egg
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp
  • Salt – 1/4 tsp
  • Flour – 1/2 cup
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Pumpkin puree – 2-3 tbsp
  • Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp

Directions:

  • Put an egg into a bowl, add salt, sugar and about one third of flour
  • Mix all together with whisk till well combined
  • Add pumpkin puree and mix again
  • Start adding milk gradually alternating with flour till batter is smooth with no clumps of flour
  • Whisk in a tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • Put your non stick skillet on medium high heat, no oil is needed since there is some inside the batter
  • Using ladle pour 2-3 tbsp of batter into the pan, rotate the skillet it so the batter spreads evenly and covers the skillet surface
  • Fry about 1 minute on one side (when the edge is golden brown), flip it over and fry about 30 seconds on another side
  • Remove a crepe into a plate
  • I usually taste the 1st one and adjust salt/sugar if needed