Grilled Stock Potatoes with a Mushroom Ragu

By: Laurence Guy

  • Follow the recipe for Stock Infused Potatoes but instead of quartering the potatoes cut them into one inch thick slices and cook for no more than five minutes.
  • Remove from the stock after this time and place on a piece of foil under a hot grill to crisp up each side.
  • To make the mushroom ragu, finely slice the onion and garlic and place in a pan with a knob of butter and a little olive oil to slowly soften.
  • To the pan add a pinch of dried chili and a crack of pepper with a few sprigs of thyme. After five minutes add half a glass of white wine and a ladle of stock to the pan and reduce down for a minute or two until roughly halved in volume.
  • At this point add the mushrooms (of whatever variety you have) to the pan, cover and ensure that the heat isn’t too high.
  • After two to three minutes of cooking the mushrooms should be ready. Remove from the heat and add cream for richness.
  • Serve in bowls with some of the grilled potatoes on the side

Ingredients

  • approx 500g potatoes
  • vegetable stock
  • white wine
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • butter
  • olive oil
  • 1 chilli
  • 300g cleaned and chopped mushrooms
  • 50ml cream

Mushroom, Cabbage and Ricotta Pasties

By: Laurence Guy

This is the perfect food to take on a cold winter walk and is inspired a classic Italian Easter pie.

  • Start by Pre-heating your oven to 170 degrees celcius.
  • Sauté the mushrooms with the cabbage and season.
  • Slice the hard boiled eggs and to mixing bowl with the mushrooms, cabbage, ricotta cheese and a generous handful of grated parmesan.
  • Roll out some bought puff pastry (though you could make this from scratch if you have the time) and cut into squares.
  • Fill one half of the square with a spoonful of the filling, fold over and crimp the edges before placing on a non stick baking tray.
  • Bake in the oven until golden brown.

Ingredients

  • 150g brown mushrooms
  • 200g green cabbage, finely chopped
  • 2 eggs, hard boiled
  • 100g ricotta cheese
  • generous handful grated parmesan
  • puff pastry