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Wild mushroom omelette
Jamie Oliver

INGREDIENTS

6 large free-range or organic eggs
Extra virgin olive oil
7 ounces mixed interesting mushrooms, wiped clean
2 cloves of garlic, 1 peeled and finely chopped, the other halved
A few sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked
A few sprigs of fresh parsley, leaves picked
Optional: a sprig of summer savory, leaves picked
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 dried red chilli, crumbled
A small knob of butter
1 lemon

DIRECTIONS

Preheat your oven to full whack, or get your grill nice and hot.

Heat a 20cm nonstick, ovenproof frying pan. Add a couple of glugs of extra-virgin olive oil. Depending on the size of your mushrooms, leave any small ones whole but tear, break or slice the larger ones up. Add them all to the pan and give it a shake to toss the mushrooms in the oil. Add the chopped garlic and fresh herbs and shake the pan again. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and the crumbled chilli and leave to fry gently for a few minutes. If the mixture becomes dry, pour in a little more oil.

Once the mushrooms have got some colour going on, after about 3 to 4 minutes, add the butter and a squeeze of lemon juice to give a nice twang — don’t go overboard here, you don’t need much — and toss again, when everything’s lightly golden and crisp, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and put to one side. Pour the beaten eggs on top immediately, adding the mushrooms and spreading everything out evenly. Place the whole pan in the preheated oven or under the grill until the omelette is golden brown on top and just cooked through in the middle.

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Grilled mushroom risotto
Jamie Oliver

A mushroom risotto can be taken in many different ways, depending on what kind of mushrooms you have and whether they are introduced at the very beginning of cooking or just added at the end, as I’m going to do here. The inspiration for this recipe came when I was in Japan and saw mushrooms being cooked completely dry on a barbecue or griddle pan. This way of cooking brings out a really fresh and nutty flavor in them; perfect for being dressed lightly with olive oil, salt and lemon juice or stirred into a risotto at the last minute before serving.

INGREDIENTS

6 1/3 cups hot chicken stock
A handful of dried porcini mushrooms
Olive oil
1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 sticks of celery, trimmed and finely chopped
14 ounces risotto rice
2/3 cup vermouth or white wine
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 large handfuls of wild mushrooms (try shiitake, girolle, chestnut or oyster –definitely no button mushrooms, please!), cleaned and sliced
A few sprigs of fresh chervil, tarragon or parsley, leaves picked and chopped
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons butter
2 nice handfuls of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for serving
Extra virgin olive oil

DIRECTIONS

Heat your stock in a saucepan and keep it on a low simmer. Place the porcini mushrooms in a bowl and pour in just enough hot stock to cover. Leave for a couple of minutes until they’ve softened. Fish them out of the stock and chop them, reserving the soaking liquid.

In a large pan, heat a glug of olive oil and add the onion and celery. Slowly fry without colouring them for at least 10 minutes, then turn the heat up and add the rice. Give it a stir. Stir in the vermouth or wine — it’ll smell fantastic! Keep stirring until the liquid has cooked into the rice. Now pour the porcini soaking liquid through a sieve into the pan and add the chopped porcini, a good pinch of salt and your first ladle of hot stock. Turn the heat down to a simmer and keep adding ladlefuls of stock, stirring and massaging the starch out of the rice, allowing each ladleful to be absorbed before adding the next.

Carry on adding stock until the rice is soft but with a slight bite. This will take about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, get a dry griddle pan hot and grill the wild mushrooms until soft. If your pan isn’t big enough, do this in batches. Put them into a bowl and add the chopped herbs, a pinch of salt and the lemon juice. Using your hands, get stuck in and toss everything together — this is going to be incredible!

Take the risotto off the heat and check the seasoning carefully. Stir in the butter and the Parmesan. You want it to be creamy and oozy in texture, so add a bit more stock if you think it needs it. Put a lid on and leave the risotto to relax for about 3 minutes.

Take your risotto and add a little more seasoning or Parmesan if you like. Serve a good dollop of risotto topped with some grilled dressed mushrooms, a sprinkling of freshly grated Parmesan and a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil.

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