Friday, December 10, 2010

La Cucina Povera Pt 2

This is what I ended up doing

I call it 'Box wine & Morel Ribollita alla Genovese'

rehydrating the dried morels in box wine with a bit of smoked green tea leaves thrown in
taking more of the tea leaves, plus whole peppercorns from the hand mill, powderized in the coffee grinder
spice powder added to smoked paprika, mixed with flour
dredged the morels in the spiced flour, reserved soaking liquid
pan fry the shrooms in olive oil - when browned, remove to paper towel
mix shredded carrots with honey, some of the soaking liquid, garlic paste, and bit of balsamic vin.
sweat the carrot mixture in the oil
add chopped baby carrots, then crushed tomatoes, cover with chicken stock
simmer until carrots soft
add macaroni sans cheese powder
simmer until cooked through
thickened with cubes of stale hotdog bun

meanwhile

reduced remainder of mushroom soak liquid to consistency of syrup
mixed with remainder of pesto

add dollops of the morel/green tea box-wine reduction + pesto to the soup
serve with splash of olive oil