pasta

I made a delicious pasta dough with some of the mushrooms and then sauted some more with ramps.



My chile delivery has arrived, I will be sending out little samples so be prepared.



Pasta 'rags' with a mushroom ragu.

In a food processor I combined semolina flour, the young stems from the mushrooms, a little salt a little olive oil and an egg to make a dough. Rolled out the dough with the pasta machine and tore the sheet into rags. For the ragu I sauteed some onions and garlic in olive oil until translucent then I added some oregano, salt, pepper and a pound of mushrooms. I let that saute a bit then I added some crushed tomatoes and let the whole thing simmer for about an hour. Well simmered I took the immersion blender and pureed the whole thing into a veggie ragu. And thats that!

some are just cool

this looks like mushroom tripe



mushrooms are everywhere.....

wild

These were so tall I wasnt sure what I was seeing at first.

mushroomlandia

The season is here and I could not be happier. Todays find is just the tip of the iceberg, we are heading straight into mushroom season. Remember mushroomlandia? Many mushroom recipes are on the horizon. Mushroom ravioli will be first, maybe a soup maybe a mushroom and caramelized onion on crispy bread or a bruschetta, I have already made quesadillas the easiest thing a human can make, who knows I will also be experimenting since I know there will be more of these big boys. Can you tell I really like mushrooms? Mushroom napoleons with wild ramps, mushroom pizza, grilled mushrooms, mushroom florentines, I am going crazy with ideas but I want more, does anyone have some new and unique way I can prepare mushrooms, does anyone have an old fashioned way, can anyone come up with something besides 'foam' - my grandmother used to dry them and then grind them and deep fry them with a batter and put them in chile during lent (my other grandmother not the one with the coffee can) I had a city grandmother and a country grandmother the country grandmother taught me about wild mushrooms, the city grandmother taught me not to take any crap from any of her 13 children - the country grandmother had a mom, my great grandmother that made cheese and she died when I was 15.

I scream

Its getting to be that time again when we all want the cool and refreshing sensations of ice cream. I like to make my own and I either make vanilla or peach since the vanilla is so clean and the peach is so seasonal.

This is vanilla ice cream with orange supremes an orange sauce and shaved chocolate. Can you tell how good it is?