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Gourmet
Roasted Vegetarian Ragout
Nov. 21st Show
Serves 6-8
The vegetable stock
Ingredients:
Makes 1 gallon
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1 cup Onions, sliced
1 cup Leeks, green and white parts, chopped
1 cup Celery, chopped
1 cup Carrots, chopped
1/2 cup Turnips, chopped
1/2 cup Tomatoes, chopped
4 cloves Garlic, crushed
1 Bouquet Garni (1 tsp fennel seeds, 3 sprigs Italian parsley, 1 sprig
thyme, 1 sprig rosemary, orange peel 2"X 2", and 5 whole black
peppercorns)
2 qts Water
1 bottle White Wine
Procedure:
Heat
the 1/4 cup oil, add 1 cup each of sliced onions, chopped leeks, celery,
carrots, turnips, garlic and tomatoes. Add 3 qts of water and wine with
the bouquet garni. Simmer for 30-40 minutes. Strain and keep at a light
simmer.
Oven-caramelized
root vegetables
1 Yam, large
1 Sweet Potato, large
4-5 Potatoes, purple
2 Turnips
2 Parsnips
2 cups Baby Carrots (In show, scarlet, orange and yellow baby carrots
were used)
2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper, freshly ground
Procedure:
Preheat oven to 300°F. Peel the 1 yam, 1 sweet potato, 4 purple potatoes,
2 turnips and 2 parsnips into 1 inch pieces and 2 cups baby carrots. Toss
in olive oil to coat evenly add 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper. Spread on
a baking pan and roast in oven until lightly browned, about 30-40 minutes.
Whole
Roasted Garlic
1 head Garlic, whole, roasted
Cut top off of garlic head and put in small oven proof baking dish. Drizzle
1 Tbs olive oil over cut cloves and cover with foil. Bake in 300 degree
oven for about 1/2 hour or until cloves are soft and golden brown. Remove
cloves from the head to add to the ragout.
Sautéed
Cioppolini Onions
12 Cioppolini onions (Pearl or boiling onions can be substituted)
1 Tbs olive oil
In a sauté pan add the oil and slowly brown onions on both sides
(outer skins removed and an X cut into the top and bottom of each side).
Sautéed
Mushrooms
2 cups combination of mushrooms ( Portobellos, chanterelles, crimini,
button etc.)
3 Tbs. Oil
Sauté mushrooms until just tender about 3 to 4 minutes.
Oven
dried Tomatoes
Ingredients:
6 Roma Tomatoes
12 slices Garlic
1 Tbs Thyme, fresh
2 Tbs Olive Oil
1 tsp Salt, Kosher
1 tsp Pepper, freshly ground
Procedure:
Cut the ends off each of the 6 tomatoes and slice in half. Place each
half their trimmed end, on an un-greased cookie sheet pan. Place a garlic
slice on drizzle with a bit of olive oil, add a pinch each of the thyme,
salt and pepper.
Place in
300°F oven and cook until the bottoms just begin to brown about 1+
hour. Set
aside.
Bouquet
Garni
Ingredients:
1 tsp Fennel seeds
3 branches flat-leaf parsley
1 branch Thyme, fresh
1 twig Rosemary, fresh
1 piece Orange Peel, 2X2 inch
5 whole Black peppercorns
Roux
Ingredients:
6 Tbs Butter, unsalted
6 Tbs Flour, all purpose
Procedure:
Mix butter and flour together. Add to skillet and slowly cook until slightly
brown, careful not to burn.
The
Ragout
12 Tbs Brown roux
5 cups Vegetable Stock
all Roasted Root Vegetables
12 Cioppolini or pearl or boiling onions, roasted
1 head Garlic, roasted
6 Roma Tomatoes, halved and roasted
1 cup Mushrooms, (Portobello, Chanterelles, or others sautéed)
Procedure:
Place 12 Tbs roux in a deep pot, add 5 cups stock. Heat through. Add all
the roasted root vegetables, the 12 Cioppolini Onions, roasted garlic
cloves, mushrooms and. heat through about 10 minutes.
Serve over
spaghetti squash and garnish with oven dried tomatoes, vegetable chips*
and fresh sage sprigs. *Make your own potato or sweet potato chips or
buy Taro multi vegetable chips
Spaghetti
Squash
Roast whole in oven piercing a few times with a knife so it does not explode
until tender at 300 degrees for about 1 hour. Alternatively, cook in the
microwave 7 minutes on each side on high totaling about 14 minutes or
until tender. Remember
to pierce a few times before putting in oven, so as not to explode in
oven.
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