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mushroom parfait with orange jelly and walnut bread

Gary @ BigSpud
What to do when you can't make meat fruit. Makes 6 parfaits and 1 750g walnut loaf.
Servings 6 parfaits

Ingredients
  

For the parfait:

  • 40 g dried mushrooms
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • ½ onion diced
  • 150 ml port
  • 150 ml Marsala wine
  • A few sprigs of thyme
  • 300 ml double cream
  • 2 eggs

For the orange jelly:

  • 5 satsumas
  • 40 g liquid glucose
  • 4 sheets leaf gelatine
  • ½ teaspoon orange food colouring

For the walnut loaf:

  • 500 g strong bread flour
  • 7 g yeast
  • 25 g butter diced
  • Salt and sugar
  • 300 ml warm water
  • 30 g walnut pieces

Instructions
 

  • Combine the mushrooms, garlic, onion, port, wine and thyme in a jug and leave to infuse overnight.
  • Place the satsumas into a saucepan, cover with water and simmer for 2 hours. Strain off the liquid into a bowl containing the gelatine. Mash the oranges with a fork and push through a sieve. Add the glucose and then stir in the gelatine until dissolved. Pour a layer of this mix into your moulds (I recommend silicone ones to remove them easily afterwards). Pop this into the fridge until needed.
  • Preheat the oven to 160°C. Pour the mushroom mixture into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer until you have about 100ml of liquid left at the bottom of the pan. Pour this into a blender and whizz to a paste. Crack in the eggs and pour in the cream and keep whizzing until smooth. Sieve this mix into silicone moulds and place this into a tray half-filled with boiling water. Place this into the oven for 20 - 25 minutes until the tops just start to brown. When cooked remove from the water and place into the fridge until needed.
  • For the bread mix together all the dry ingredients, rub in the butter and add the water until you have a smooth, elastic dough. Knead for 10 minutes. Cover with clingfilm and leave to rise for an hour in a warm place. Work the dough again and form into a loaf shape. Slash the top of the loaf a few times and cover with a teatowel. Leave for 20 minutes to settle and preheat the oven to 220°C. Pop the bread in the oven for 30 minutes or until hollow sounding when knocked. Remove to a wire rack to cool before serving.
  • To serve, slice the bread and turn out the parfaits.