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Grasing's Wild Mushroom Stew (serves 4)

Grasing's Grilled Asparagus Salad ( serves 4)

Grasing's Winter Vegetable Chutney w/Goat Cheese (serves 8)

from Grasing's
6th & Mission St.
Carmel, CA (831) 624-6562


for the wild mushroom stew:
Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil until soft.  Add shiitake, button and portabella mushrooms, cook until golden brown.   Add Madeira, then reduce by 1/4, and then add vegetable stock and soy sauce and bring to boil.  Take the softened porcini and add to the sauce.  Thicken with cornstarch and season with salt and pepper.
Ingredients:

- 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 TBS olive oil
- 1/2 cup shiitake mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 cup button mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 cup portabella mushrooms, chopped
- 1/2 cup Madeira
- 1/2 cup vegetable stock
- 1 TBS soy sauce
- 1 oz. dried porcini, soaked in warm water
- 1 TBS corn starch
- salt and pepper


for the grilled asparagus salad:
Cook the beans, until soft (about 1 hour), leave to cool.
Puree basil with rice vinegar in blender.  Divide yogurt into 2 equal portions, add 1 TBS basil to one portion and the remaining basil to the other. (one mixture will be thicker than the other).  Grill Asparagus, corn and pepper.  Slice the corn from the ear.  Set asparagus and pepper aside.  Toss the spring mix with the corn and beans, dress with the thinner of the two yogurt dressings
Serve - Place the salad in the center of the plate and lay asparagus and peppers around attractively.  Spoon remaining mixture over the asparagus
Ingredients:

- 1/4 cup white beans
- 1/4 cup basil leaves
- 2 oz. rice vinegar
- 8 oz. yogurt
- 2 lbs. fresh asparagus
- 1 ear corn
- 1 Red bell pepper, sliced
- 2 cups spring mix


for the winter vegetable chutney w/goat cheese:
Mix  vinegar, sugar and jalapeno in a small saucepan, bring to a boil and reduce by 1/4.  Add the chopped vegetables, pear and tomato paste, simmer until the vegetables are soft.
Meanwhile puree hazelnuts in a blender into a fine powder.  Roll goat cheese into 1/2 oz. balls then roll in the hazelnuts.
Serve - Warm the hazelnut balls for two minutes in a hot oven.  Put two tablespoons of chutney onto a warmed plate.  Place three goat cheese balls around the chutney.  Serve with grilled country bread.
Ingredients:

- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 small jalapeno, seeded and finely diced
- 1 yam, carrot, parsnip, pear and turnip (peeled and finely diced)
- 2 lbs. goat cheese
- 4 oz. hazelnuts, toasted

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