Spicy Portabella And Potato Hash Recipes

Steps:

• Add 3 cloves of smashed garlic, a few large pinches of salt and potatoes to a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until potatoes are just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain potatoes and discard the garlic. Transfer the potatoes to a sheet tray lined with a clean dish towel to dry slightly.
• Add enough oil to coat the bottom of a large skillet and heat over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until just translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the crushed red pepper and the remaining 2 cloves garlic and cook, stirring, until soft and tender, about 3 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high and add the cooked potatoes. Cook, stirring frequently, until the potatoes start to get crispy and golden brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. (If the potatoes get too dry, add the chicken stock.) Remove from the heat and stir in the chives.

Steps:

• Char the poblano pepper on all sides over a gas burner, barbecue grill, or under the broiler. Place charred pepper in a heat proof bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow to sit for 30 minutes. Slice onion into 1/2 inch slabs. Heat 1 Tablespoon of bacon drippings in a cast iron, or non stick pan. Add onion slabs, turning to coat with drippings. Salt and pepper them and allow them to lightly char, remove from pan. Add 2 more Tablespoons of bacon drippings and smoked olive oil to now empty pan. Add sweet potato cubes, toss to coat. Add 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Peel charred skin from poblano pepper and coarsely chop. Coarsely chop charred onion. When sweet potatoes begin to take on a golden color, add poblano, onion, smoked paprika and ancho chile powder. It may be necessary to add final Tablespoon of bacon drippings to keep the pan from getting to dry. Continue to cook until potatoes have a nice golden brown crust. Taste for seasoning and garnish with green onions and parsley. *Add bacon drippings as necessary to keep the pan lubricated, you may not need all 4 Tablespoons. **If you do not have smoked olive oil just add a little more smoked paprika to taste.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with sides with a sheet of parchment. Place mushrooms gill side up on parchment. Thinly slice 3 garlic cloves, and scatter over mushrooms. Place a thyme sprig on each mushroom, drizzle caps with olive oil, salt and pepper, and place in oven until soft and releasing liquid, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove, and allow to cool. Keep oven on.
• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet, add onions, and sauté over medium-low heat until soft and beginning to color. Add cream and milk, scald, and remove from heat. Use remaining butter to grease a 9-inch gratin dish about 2 inches deep. Rub dish with remaining garlic clove.
• Remove and reserve garlic from mushrooms. Discard thyme. Slice mushrooms 1/2 inch thick.
• Peel and thinly slice potatoes. Place 1/3 of the potatoes in gratin dish, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, scatter with half the reserved sliced garlic. Arrange half the mushroom slices on top. Repeat layers. Layer last third of potatoes on top. Season with salt and pepper. Pour scalded milk and cream with onions on top. Strew bread crumbs on top.
• Place gratin dish on a baking sheet, and place in oven. Bake about 1 hour, until potatoes are tender and liquid has thickened. If top browns too fast, tent with foil. Allow to stand 10 minutes, then serve.