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Sparassis Crispa stir-fry

Sparassis Crispa stir-fry

In a combination of Greek and Latin the name realistically means “ Tear Crispy ” - Not very helpful, even if quite descriptive of the texture? So some common names are - Cauliflower Fungus, Wood Cauliflower, Brain Fungus - Any one of those will do!

I’ve foraged this in Yorkshire and eaten it. But it seems to be a bit of a bug magnet and is a bit of a pain to clean. These were from a local Chinese supermarket and were bug free and dried. Which made them much more appealing!

We soaked them in cold water for a couple of hours before quartering and cutting the dense central core out.

This was a stir-fry with home made Gluten Free battered Chicken ( The Batter recipe is here ) and Sue’s home made Black Bean Sauce. ( Recipe here )

The Brain Fungus work just like a flavour sponge, absorbing and intensifying the sauce. 

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Pork Parmo Reinvented

Here we go again folks, it’s recipe mangling time! We had a little Tomato based sauce left from Thursday nights Squid adventures and a couple of slices of Edam from a monster burger in the fridge. Initially I intended to buy a couple of Pork chops. But there was a bit of Loin on discount so I butchered it. Four very thick chops for less than a pound each….

Ingredients:-

1 Thick Pork chop per person
Bread crumbs (Gluten free in our case)
A bag of Worchester Sauce crisps, smashed up (Just go with!)
2 Eggs, beaten
Plain Flour
Tomato based sauce
Cheese slices
Mixed Herbs
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Mix the Bread crumbs and crisps together in a bowl.
(2) Coat the chops in Flour and then dunk in the beaten Egg.
(3) Dredge in the crumb and crisp coating.
(4) Fry the coated chops in both side over a medium heat until the coating is lightly browned.
(5) Add a layer of Tomato based sauce and then the sliced Cheese.
(6) Sprinkle with mixed Herbs and place under the grill.
(7) Grill until the Cheese has melted.

For some strange reason Asparagus is really cheap at the moment so we had a bit of a treat, with Bacon wrapped Asparagus. Vine Tomatoes for a but of colour and some chunky chips. Sorted!

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