Stuffed Chiles With Wild Mushrooms And Cilantro Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and salt. Cover the pan and cook until the mushrooms are just tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the mushrooms, reserving the liquid, and set both aside.
• Remove the stems, slit the chiles open, and remove the seeds and veins. Cover with hot water and soak for 15 minutes, or until soft. Drain. On a hot comal, toast the chiles, making sure they do not burn.
• Crush the clove, peppercorns and cumin seed with a mortar and pestle or in a spice or coffee grinder. In a blender, place the chiles, crushed spices, and garlic. Blend until smooth, adding a little water only if necessary.
• In a large heavy skillet, heat the lard until smoking, then add the chile sauce and fry over a fairly high heat. Scraping the bottom of the pan often so it doesnt stick, cook until reduced, about 5 minutes.
• Add sufficient water to the reserved liquid from the mushrooms to make 3/4 cup. Add this, the epazote, and mushrooms to the chili sauce, and cook over a medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Serve with rice and warm flour tortillas.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. Remove the stems from the mushrooms and coarsely chop them. Scrape the gills from the underside of the mushroom caps using a spoon; discard.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the butter, half of the scallions, the poblano and garlic and cook, stirring, until the poblano is soft, about 4 minutes. Add the mushroom stems and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup wheat germ and cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat; stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper.
• Stuff the mushroom caps with one-quarter each of the mozzarella and poblano mixture and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon wheat germ and generously spray with cooking spray. Bake until the mushrooms are tender and the wheat germ is golden, about 20 minutes. Top with the sour cream, jalapeno and the remaining scallions.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Lightly grease a cookie sheet or 13x9 baking dish.
• Stir together filling ingredients: Minced mushroom stems through salt.
• Spoon filling into cleaned mushroom caps and place them in prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Place on a serving platter and sprinkle chile powder and fresh minced cilantro over the top of them.

Steps:

• To make the Ancho puree: Place the anchos in a bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Let stand for at least 30 minutes. Drain well, remove the seeds and stems and place in a food processor with the garlic and cilantro. Process to a puree. May be made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated, covered.
• To make the Mushroom Sauce: In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and sweat the onion and garlic for about 3 minutes. Raise the heat to high, add the wine and boil 10 minutes, until reduced to dry. Reduce the heat to medium, add the mushrooms, cook until soft, add the stock. Raise the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes.Whisk in the ancho puree and cook for 5 minutes. Add the honey and salt and pepper to taste. Keep hot in a double boiler until ready to serve. May be made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated.
• For the steaks: Preheat the oven to 300. Preheat a grill to medium hot.
• Spread out the chiles on a baking sheet and roast for about 1 minute. Remove the seeds and stems, place the flesh in a food processor and chop coarsely. Add the coarsely ground pepper to taste. Place mixture in a pie pan.
• Dredge each steak on both sides with the pepper mixture and grill until done to your liking.
• Serve each steak with some sauce spooned on top.