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Polenta with mushrooms


I discovered frozen mixed mushrooms (apparently with some pieces of porcini in it, but I couldn’t see many). In any case, unable to forage now, these looked good to me.

I used a 300g bag of frozen mixed mushrooms

30g dried porcini mushrooms,

a few garlic cloves

olive oil

tomato passata

salt

The dried porcini mushrooms need to be soaked for a an hour or so.

Sauté the garlic with the olive oil, add the frozen mushrooms, and after five minutes the porcini mushrooms and their soaking water. Add the tomato passata (about a cup) and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir often and add water if necessary. Add salt to taste.


Photos by Alessandra Zecchini©

I served these mushrooms with polenta, and then, since I had a few left over, I made some pasta the day after, but I'll talk about that tomorrow!

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  1. PamApril 21, 2010 at 12:43 AM

    This looks and sounds delicious to me. I've never used frozen mushrooms; in fact, don't believe I've ever seen them in the grocery store. I love polenta and this seems like a perfect combo to me!

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  2. DailyChefApril 21, 2010 at 6:21 AM

    What kind of gravy did you use on the mushrooms? Looks like some brown gravy?

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  3. AlessandraApril 21, 2010 at 6:45 AM

    @ Pam: I never seen frozen mushrooms like these before outside Italy. They are very versatile, a bag has several types inside, including fresh (i mean, frozen) porcini.

    @ Chef: No gravy Chef, it is the mushroom cooking sauce, which takes is colour from the mushrooms and the passata (Italian tomato sauce). If it gets too thick just add water while cooking.

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  4. TalitaApril 21, 2010 at 7:09 AM

    So good-looking! Polenta is delicious!

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  5. YariApril 23, 2010 at 11:28 PM

    Yes, frozen mushrooms (with porcini) are common in every Italian supermarket. They taste good an are very practical!

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  6. Chef EApril 24, 2010 at 3:09 AM

    Ummm, this is right up my gravy loving alley!

    Looks wonderfully tasty!

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