I defrosted some mushroom duxelles
escaloped a chicken breast and then rolled up the duxelles and some camembert in it, wrapped that in pancetta, drizzled on some olive oil and baked for 30 minutes.

Mushroom Duxelles makes everything awesome.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:21, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

i don't know what you said but it sounds amazing
shambles was half right
i wouldn't say we have bland food, but boring food
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:33, Reply)

Mushroom paste.
It only sounds amazing if you use them there fancy frenchie words.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:45, Reply)

yeah
not so exciting now
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 21:30, Reply)

What's a duxelles? When you say escaloped, do you mean you butterflied, hammered and then breadcrumb'd it?
I'm afraid the old stuffed chicken with cheese and bacon thing isn't for me, I can't say I've had it, but I just can't imagine enjoying it. I know lots of people who do that as 'their dish', Sexface did for example, but I think it needs something more crunchy and something more saucy.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:36, Reply)

Yeah. But you can't tell the difference between smoked and unsmoked bacon.
So you might as well just dip some salt'n'vinegar crisps in munch bunch yoghurts.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:46, Reply)

Not unless they're side-by-side.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:49, Reply)

yum!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:49, Reply)

As soon as I typed it I thought "I wonder ... "
I can now confirm that it doesn't work.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:50, Reply)

depends on the flavour yoghurt, I guess

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:51, Reply)

Mebbe.
But I'm off to the pub. A full suite of experiments will have to wait until tomorrow.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:53, Reply)

escaloped - just hammered it flat
butterflying is for girls.

Mushroom Duxelles, you take mushrooms and shallots 2:1, mince and cook them intensely in butter until all the moisture is sweated out and it's pastelike, then you add brandy and worcester sauce and it just slurps up the flavours.

Then use it or freeze it in pencils wrapped in tinfoil and defrost as much as you need. Good for stuffing things or dropping in casseroles for a mushroom flavour.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 20:50, Reply)

Ahhhh, like on a beef wellington ! Learn something new every day.
I've got some amazing dried mushrooms, or at least, I hope they are. there are 4 different types that I got from a chinese supermarket in Brighton
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 21:02, Reply)

yes it's that stuff
also what's in a Shooter's Sandwich, which is the recipe I used to make it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 21:34, Reply)

How did that turn out? Have you considered food-blogging on coll3ctive ?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 21:39, Reply)

delicious
I only do a few things really, not sure I'd have enough to write about.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 22:49, Reply)