I’m utilizing fingerlings and cremini mushrooms from the Union Sq. Greenmarket, fortunate me, however I often make this with yukon gold potatoes and any mixture of mushrooms that appears good on the retailer.
- 1 1/2 kilos (680 grams) Yukon gold potatoes, peeled if you want, minimize into 1/4-inch slices
- Olive oil
- Kosher Salt
- Freshly floor black pepper
- 3 tablespoons (45 grams) unsalted butter, divided
- 1 small onion, diced (1 heaped cup)
- Kosher salt
- Freshly floor black pepper
- 2 to three garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound (455 grams) cremini or different mushroom, thinly sliced
- Bitter cream
- A handful of recent dill
Potatoes
Mushrooms
To serve
In the meantime, make the mushrooms and onions: Warmth a big skillet over medium-high warmth. As soon as sizzling, add 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil. As soon as sizzling, add onions and season with salt and pepper. Cook dinner, stirring, till onions are mushy and deeply golden all through, about 7 to 10 minutes. Scale back warmth in the event that they’re browning a lot sooner. Scoop onions from the pan and put aside in a bowl.
Rewarm the empty pan (bumping again to medium-high in case you lowered the warmth) and as soon as the pan could be very sizzling, add 1 extra tablespoon of butter. As soon as melted, add mushrooms in as flat of a layer as you possibly can. Don’t transfer them for two to three minutes, till browned beneath. Stir, unfold flat once more, and repeat the method a few times. Then, add the minced garlic and season with salt and freshly floor black pepper, and proceed to cook dinner, cooking off any liquid that’s been expelled from the mushrooms, till mushrooms are tender and scrumptious, a couple of minutes extra. Add reserved onions and final tablespoon of butter and stir to mix, rewarming the mushrooms and melting the butter.
Assemble: Prepare potatoes on a platter and heap with mushrooms and onions. Sprinkle with dill and serve with a beneficiant dollop of bitter cream.
To fry your potatoes: Place potatoes in a skillet deep sufficient to carry them with an inch on high and pour a high-heat oil (peanut or vegetable oil work nice) to only barely cowl them. Flip warmth to excessive, sure excessive, and convey it to a boil. With out transferring the potatoes, cook dinner for 20 to 25 minutes, till they’re crisp and golden, including one other 5 minutes if wanted. Provided that obligatory for even cooking, you possibly can stir them within the final 5 to eight minutes. Drain (the oil may be strained and reused) and unfold on paper towels to blot, and season instantly with salt and pepper. Serve with the mushrooms from above.
