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Miniature Quichelike Mushroom Puffs Recipe


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Ingredients
  • 1/2 lb chilled puff pastry .
  • 1/2 tbsp soy sauce .
  • 2 tsps minced fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme .
  • 1/4 c heavy cream .
  • 1/3 lb button mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed, & finely sliced .
  • 1 tbsp madeira wine .
  • 1 egg .
  • 1 tbsp minced shallots (about 1 small) .
  • 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter or unsalted margarine .
  • 1/2 tbsp olive oil .
  • 1 tsp minced garlic (1-2 cloves)

Directions
  • Step #1 Melt butter with olive oil in a medium frying pan over medium-high heat.
  • Step #2 Add shallot & garlic & cook 30 seconds, stirring.
  • Step #3 Add mushrooms & thyme & cook, until mushrooms stop giving off liquid & start to brown, stirring every once in awhile, about 5 mins.
  • Step #4 Add Madeira & soy sauce & cook just until liquid has evaporated, about 2 mins.
  • Step #5 Let cool to about room temp.
  • Step #6 Preheat oven to 400°F On a floured work surface & with a floured rolling pin, roll pastry sheet out to a thickness of 1/8".
  • Step #7 Cut pastry into rounds with a buttered & floured 2" biscuit or cookie cutter with fluted edges & arrange rounds 1/2" apart on 2 baking sheets.
  • Step #8 Press the middle of each round with your finger to make a depression, leaving a 1/4" wide rim.
  • Step #9 Poke each center once with a fork & top this with a scant tsp of mushroom filling.
  • Step #10 Whisk egg & cream together & set aside.
  • Step #11 Bake pastries until golden brown & beginning to puff, 8-12 mins Remove from oven & lower heat to 350°.
  • Step #12 With the end of a small funnel or tiny tsp, carefully punch down centers of pastries while spooning about 1/2 tsp egg-cream mixture through funnel (to help guide the liquid) & into pastry (spoon in more if the pastry will accept it without overflowing).
  • Step #13 Bake pastries another 10-15 mins or until deep golden brown.
  • Enjoy the Miniature Quichelike Mushroom Puffs recipe

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