Mediterranean Vegetables In A Creamy White Wine Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, combine the cream, wine, flour, salt and parsley. Stir all together bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened.

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, warm up the olive oil.
• Add the green and red bell peppers, onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 4 minutes.
• Add the zucchini and mushrooms and cook, still stirring, for a further 4 minutes.
• Add the dry white wine and simmer uncovered for 4 minutes. By the end of the 4 minutes, the wine should have reduced a little.
• Crumble in the chicken stock cube, stir it in and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add the cream. Turn up the heat a little and simmer for 5 minutes, until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
• Serve over pasta, rice, baked potatoes, chicken or as a side dish.

Steps:

• Peel the garlic cloves and tip into a food processor with the thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, salt, peppercorns and oil. Whizz well to release the flavours - alternatively grind dry ingredients using a pestle and mortar then blend in the oil.
• Prepare 900g-1.3kg/2-3lb of assorted vegetables (e.g asparagus, large or baby courgettes, sweet potatoes, aubergines, fennel, red onions, corn cobs, parboiled new potatoes). Halve asparagus lengthways, cut large courgettes into chunks or halve baby ones lengthways. Cut sweet potatoes and aubergines into thick chunks, cut fennel and red onion lengthways into wedges, corn into chunks and potatoes in half lengthways. Mix the vegetables and marinade together and marinate for a couple of hours before barbecuing. Cooking times will vary according to your choice of vegetables and their thickness - keep turning and prodding them and you'll feel when they're done.

Steps:

• Roast vegetables:
• Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle.
• Wash leek halves and pat dry.
• Toss leek, carrots, garlic, bell peppers, plum tomatoes, fennel, and onions with oil, then spread in a 17- by 14-inch roasting pan and roast, stirring occasionally, until well browned and tender, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Soak porcini and make bouquet garni while vegetables roast:
• Pour boiling water over porcini in a bowl and soak until softened, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, wrap celery, parsley stems, thyme sprig, peppercorns, and bay leaves in a piece of cheesecloth and tie with string.
• Lift out porcini, squeezing excess liquid back into bowl, and rinse to remove any grit. Pour soaking liquid through a sieve lined with a dampened paper towel into another bowl.
• Make stock:
• Transfer roasted vegetables to a 6- to 8-quart pot and add wine to roasting pan, then deglaze pan by boiling, scraping up brown bits, 1 to 2 minutes. Add wine to vegetables in pot along with water (4 quarts), porcini and soaking liquid, bouquet garni, sun-dried tomatoes, and 2 teaspoons salt. Bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered, until stock is reduced to about 6 cups, about 2 hours. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve into a large bowl, pressing firmly on and then discarding solids.
• Make sauce:
• Melt butter in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat and whisk in flour, then cook roux, whisking, 3 minutes. Add stock in a stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps, then bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.