Thursday, September 30, 2010

Mushroom Turnovers: Fungus-ly Delicious

I just want to say that a Nobel Prize should be given to the first person who discovered that mushrooms are edible! It is hands down, the coolest fungus around because of how utterly delicious it tastes. However, I find that a lot of people don't care too much for that earth flavor.

Anyways, Trader Joes is one of my favorite super market. They have the most amazing selection of easy prep foods and meals. I just so happened to be at trader joes at the right time when they were giving out samples of their mushroom turnover. Oh my gawd, it was such an experience! The light flakey pie crust holding in the delicious mushroom mixture. ah-may-zing!

Oddly enough, its taken me this long to realize that I can make my own version of my much beloved mushroom turnovers from Trader Joes! Aside from being so magically delicious, they are also super easy to put together..... this of course is after you've spend your time chopping the mushrooms and rolling/cutting the pie crusts. Don't worry, I have some shortcut tips.

Ingredients:
Already made pie crust 2-3 boxes
2lbs of white button mushroom chopped to small pieces
2lbs of crimini mushroom chopped to small pieces
2 teaspoon of Truffle salt, make sure you taste after the first teaspoon and salt accordingly (coarse ground sea salt is fine)
1 teaspoon of thyme
2tablespoon of  olive oil
3 cloves of garlic
4 shallots bulbs minced

Cayenne pepper - seasonto your liking
4oz Cream Cheese( room temperature)

1 tablespoon of Sour Cream
one egg
grated parmesan cheese

Directions:
If you happen to have a large food processor, dump mushrooms in and pulse until its a small dice, if you're not lucky enough to own such a tool, i'm not =(, then save yourself a little time and buy the presliced mushrooms and then chop it down to a smaller size.
On medium high heat, heat up the oil with the garlic and shallots and dump the mushrooms in.
Add the truffle salt to the mushroom to get the water out.
While the mushroom is cooking, add the thyme.
Cook the mushrooms until all the water has evaporated, this could take a while.
Once the water is almost completely gone, sprinkle in the desired amount of cayenne pepper.
Let the mixture cool and then add in the softened cream cheese and sour cream
Stir to combine and then take out pie crust.
Cut in to circles and fill with filling, crimp to close
brush half moons with egg wash (one beaten egg with 1 tablespoon water)
and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
bake at 425F until golden brown and delicious (20-25 mins)
Finish with a drizzle of truffle oil if you have any!

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