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Mushroom Supreme


Yumm-o to our tumm-o!You know when you come across an old recipe box; you are bound to find some treasures. This recipe box was no exception. Our friend Maurice was kind enough to share with the sister’s some of his mother’s recipes, which we were so thankful for. We tried this recipe and added a few of the sister’s touches to it and found it to be a must have when serving steak or seafood. It is rich and so very good!

Mushroom Supreme

Ingredients:

1 pound mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
Cracker Crumbs (Town House Flat Bread Crisps, Italian Herb or your favorite cracker)
4 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, diced
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1 small jar pimentos, drained
¾ cup Italian bread crumbs
¼ cup sherry
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray bottom of 8 x 8 casserole dish. Line the bottom of the dish with cracker crumbs. Place ½ of the sliced mushrooms on top of the crackers. In a medium skillet, add the butter and sauté the onions until translucent, add parsley. Mix together sour cream, mayonnaise, pimentos, bread crumbs, sherry and salt and pepper. Fold the onions into the sour cream and mayonnaise mixture. Pour half of the mixture on top of the mushrooms. Add remaining mushrooms and pour remaining mixture on top. Top with additional cracker crumbs and bake for 30 – 35 minutes. Top with cheese and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until cheese has melted.

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Clarified Butter


Extra please! We think we need to clarify this. For all of our lives we have been taught to always ask for extra drawn butter because the 1 ounce cup aint gonna cut it. This recipe is a must when serving all types of seafood and fish for dipping purposes. Mama even showed us how to pour it on our baked potato because it was considered a sin if we wasted any.

Clarified Butter

You only need one thing-
Unsalted butter

Let’s make it-
Get you a small sauce pan out and put your butter in. Melt butter over low heat. Do not stir butter and don’t let the butter boil. You want the milk solids to separate from the butter. You are looking for the butter to separate into 3 layers. On top- foamy milk, clarified butter in the middle and milk solids on the bottom. Next you want to skim the foamy milk off of the top. Ladle the clarified butter but do not touch the milk solids at the bottom. Can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

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Stuffed Eggplant

This recipe is so versatile. I chose shrimp but you could use any seafood, combination of seafood, you can leave the seafood out and add beef or chicken or omit all of the meat. This can be used for a side dish or a main course.
This recipe is some kind of good
Stuffed Eggplant

Ingredients:
2 large eggplant
Olive oil to coat eggplant
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 medium onion, diced
2 medium ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1 cup fresh mushrooms, rough chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon basil
3 tablespoons alouette garlic and herb cheese (or cream cheese)
¾ cup finely grated parmesan
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and diced
1 egg, beaten
½ cup Italian bread crumbs
Extra parsley, chopped (for sprinkling)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Halve the eggplant lengthwise. Place them in the baking dish, cut sides up. Drizzle generously with olive oil and season to taste.
Bake for 20 minutes or until tender. Scoop out the eggplant flesh with a spoon and mash it gently with a fork. In a skillet, heat the 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. When it is hot, add the chopped garlic and onion to it. Cook mixture over medium heat, stirring often, for 2 minutes, or until the garlic is fragrant. Add the tomatoes, mushrooms, bay leaf, basil salt, and pepper.

Cook stirring often for 3-4 minutes and then stir in the eggplant flesh. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes or until the mixture is pulpy. Discard the bay leaf. Lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees. Stir in cheese, parmesan, parsley, shrimp, salt, and pepper into the eggplant mixture. Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the beaten egg and bread crumbs. Fill the eggplant shells back with the stuffing. Return the shells to the baking dish. Sprinkle with olive oil.

Bake the eggplant for 30-40 minutes or until shrimp is done and stuffing is hot. During the last 10 minutes of baking, sprinkle the reserved parmesan on top of the eggplant and sprinkle with parsley.

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Asian Shrimp Skewers

Asian Shrimp Skewers

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon ground ginger
4 cloves garlic, smashed
½ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3tablespoons chopped green onions
¼ cup sesame oil
Ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1pound large shrimp, shells and tails on

Directions:
Combine first 9 ingredients in a medium bowl. Place shrimp in a large zip lock bag, pour the marinade over, and let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.Skewer shrimp and grill until done.

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Stuffed Eggplant

Every spring and summer we visit this great restaurant in Grayton Beach.  They have a wonderful stuffed eggplant.  We order it every time we visit. We decided to make one of our own and it is fabulous.  This recipe is so versatile. I chose shrimp but you could use any seafood, combination of seafood, you can leave the seafood out and add beef or chicken or omit all of the meat. This can be used for a side dish or a main course.   

Stuffed Eggplant

Ingredients:

2  large eggplant
Olive oil to coat eggplant
Salt and pepper, to taste
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped

1 medium onion, diced
2 medium ripe tomatoes, coarsely chopped

1 cup fresh mushrooms, rough chopped

1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon basil
3 tablespoons alouette garlic and herb cheese (or cream cheese)
¾ cup finely grated parmesan
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and diced
1 egg, beaten

½ cup Italian bread crumbs
Extra parsley, chopped (for sprinkling)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Halve the eggplant lengthwise. Place them in the baking dish, cut sides up. Drizzle generously with olive oil and season to taste.

Bake for 20 minutes or until tender. Scoop out the eggplant flesh with a spoon and mash it gently with a fork. In a skillet, heat the 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. When it is hot, add the chopped garlic and onion to it. Cook mixture over medium heat, stirring often, for 2 minutes, or until the garlic is fragrant. Add the tomatoes, mushrooms, bay leaf, basil salt, and pepper.

 

Cook stirring often for 3-4 minutes and then stir in the eggplant flesh. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes or until the mixture is pulpy. Discard the bay leaf. Lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees. Stir in cheese, parmesan, parsley, shrimp, salt, and pepper into the eggplant mixture.  Once the mixture has cooled, stir in the beaten egg and bread crumbs. Fill the eggplant shells back with the stuffing. Return the shells to the baking dish. Sprinkle with olive oil.

Bake the eggplant for 30-40 minutes or until shrimp is done and stuffing is hot. During the last 10 minutes of baking, sprinkle the reserved parmesan on top of the eggplant and sprinkle with parsley.

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Shrimp Stock

Having shrimp for dinner?  Don’t throw away the shrimp peels.  The shrimp peels make a wonderful shrimp stock that you can freeze and use later.

  • tbsp spoon of oil
  • shrimp peels
  • bay leaf
  • carrot
  • 2 celery stalks
  • 1 onion
  • clove of garlic
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Heat oil, add all ingredients

Cook for a few minutes.  Add 8 cups of water.  Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to low.  Simmer for an hour or so.  Strain, cool, freeze and use for your next soup or stew.

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