Mushroom Crêpes Chasseur

Description

Source: Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2004 - Cooking Light Magazine

Chasseur (French for "hunter") often refers to a brown sauce of mushrooms, shallots, and wine that's served with game. Here, the hunter is in search of mushrooms. Use any combination of mushrooms you like, With red wine, honey, and vegetable broth, the sauce takes on sour, sweet, and salty tones. To make ahead, stack cooled crêpes between sheets of wax paper and freeze in a zip-top plastic bad up to 3 months. You can make the filling and sauce a day ahead.

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup chickpea flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Cooking spray
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup dried porcini mushrooms (about 1/2 ounce)
• 3/4 cup dry red wine
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 2 (8-ounce) packages button mushrooms, coarsely chopped
• 8 ounces shiitake mushroom caps, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions

1. Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
2. Combine flours and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl.
3. Add 2 cups water and 2 tablespoons oil, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
4. Let stand 20 minutes.
5. Heat an 8-inch crêpe pan or nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
6. Remove pan from heat.
7. Pour a scant 1/4 cup into pan; quickly tilt pan in all directions so batter covers pan with a thin film.
8. Cook about 40 seconds.
9. Carefully lift edge of crêpe with a spatula to test for doneness.
10. Turn crêpe when it can be shaken loose from pan and underside is lightly browned; cook 30 seconds on other side.
11. Place crêpe on a towel; cool.
12. Repeat procedure until all of batter is used to make 12 crêpes.
13. Stack crêpes between single layers of wax paper to prevent sticking.
14. Bring broth and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan; remove from heat, and stir in porcini.
15. Let stand 30 minutes. strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl; reserve broth mixture and porcini.
16. Chop porcini; set aside.
17. Return broth mixture to saucepan.
18. Add red wine and honey; set aside.
19. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
20. Add onion; sauté 3 minutes.
21. Add reserved porcini; sauté 1 minutes.
22. Add button and shiitake mushrooms; cook 4 minutes or until mushrooms release moisture, stirring occasionally.
23. Reduce heat to medium; stir in pepper, nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon salt and garlic.
24. Cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.
25. Add 3/4 cup broth mixture; reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
26. Bring remaining broth mixture to a boil; cook until reduced to 1 1/2 cups (about 12 minutes).
27. Combine 2 tablespoons water and cornstarch, stirring with a whisk.
28. Stir cornstarch mixture into boiling broth mixture.
29. Return to a boil; cook 2 minutes or until sauce thickens.
30. Spoon 1/3 cup mushroom mixture in center of a crêpe; fold sides and ends over, and place, seam sides down, on a plate.
31. Repeat procedure with remaining mushroom mixture and crêpes, placing 2 crêpes on each of 6 plates.
32. Top each serving with about 1/4 cup sauce; sprinkle with 2 teaspoons parsley.

Yield: 6 servings