Cooking with Love

with Gianna Conte    (Jan)

Delicious peas and mushrooms...

Delicious peas and mushrooms...

Peas are underrated.....

Peas are underrated.....

Peas and mushrooms

Ingredients:

5 oz baby bella mushrooms, sliced

1/2 white onion, chopped

10 oz package frozen peas

4 slices bacon, chopped

2 TBS butter

2 TBS olive oil

Fresh herbs, e.g., basil, fresh parsley

1/4 cup wine or broth

Directions:

Saute onion in olive oil, set aside in large frying pan.

Separately, cook chopped bacon till crispy and add in to the onions.  Push to the side of pan and make room for the mushrooms.

Let mushrooms cook and sear. Add the butter and allow to simmer for a few minutes. Add wine, let the wine evaporate before adding the frozen peas.

Simmer, add herbs and salt and pepper to taste.

Serve as a side or combine with 8 oz cooked little pasta shells or any small pasta of your choice.

Buon Appetito

Peas are so underrated. You put them together with mushrooms, they become special, and then you add bacon and herbs....they become superstars. This side dish dresses up any entree.

Try this recipe, and you'll be sorry you never tried cooking them like this before.

Comments

19.04.2022 15:39

Jay

Yum. Have some panchetta in refrigerator so making this for sure! Thanks for sharing



Let's get baking!


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees


 1 whole thin skinned orange, remove the stem and cut in quarters. Keep the skin on the oranges.

In a clean large food processor, add the orange quarters, 1 1/4 cups of sugar, three large eggs, 1 tsp of vanilla, 1 tsp of orange extract, 1 tbsp of Triple Sec liqueur, optional, 2/3 cup vegetable oil. 


Pulse all ingredients in the processor and then puree until mixture becomes a batter with specs of orange peel.


Add to the processor:


2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt


Process all dry ingredients until they are entirely incorporated into the batter.


Bake in a greased and floured spring pan, using a parchment paper circle on top of the greased bottom.*


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place in the center rack of the oven.  Bake for 30-40 minutes, depending on your oven.


Remove from your oven and let it cool down completely. Dust with powdered sugar or make a drizzle of 1/4 cup powdered sugar and fresh squeezed orange until thick and smooth.  Pour onto the cooled fresh orange cake.


*if you don't have a large processor, you can use a blender.


Enjoy with some espresso and close your eyes and it will feel like you're in Sicily.