SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

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SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Ingredients for 4 servings: 600 grs. of variated wild mushrooms and also Agaricus bisporus (the white ones). The wild ones: Cantharellus lutescens, Cantharellus cibarius, Thricholoma terreum. And 7 Volvariella volvacea (can).

• 40 grs. of dry ones: Marasmius oreades.

• I opted to give all names in latin, because it was really hard for me to find them in english. Sorry about it!

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• More ingredients: one “desalated” codfish bone, 1liter ½ of cold water. 50 grs. of desalated codfish without bone, 600 grs. of small white potatoes, olive oil, a pynch of salt, 6 thin slices of Iberian acorn ham, 4 slices of bread, 2 garlic cloves and 2 springs of thyme.

• Place the bones and tail of the codfish in the water and turn on the fire at minimum.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• It should not boil. Make sure it stays nearly boiling for 3 to 4 minutes. Take the white foam away. If you do it this way, you’ll get all the gelatin from the fish.

• Place the cut potatoes in a pot with 5 spoontable of olive oil. Also at very low fire so that the potatoes sweat and let all their water inside the pot. Have it this way for 8-10 minutes.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• When the 3-4 minutes passed with the codfish in water, take it out of the fire and add the dried mushrooms (Marasmius oreades). Let it rest until it gets cold.

• Add the 50 grs. of “desalated” codfish without bone, stir and leave away from fire until you get the stock prepared.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• When the big pan with the mushrooms and codfishbone is cold, take the mushrooms and the meat adhered to the bone of the fish into a recipient together with the water used to prepare it. Use the electric mixer to get a sauce/cream. Strain it and pour the stock you get inside the pot with the potatoes until it covers them. Reserve the rest of stock.

• Boil at low fire until potatoes are completely done.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Take the Iberian acorn ham and fry it in a bit of olive oil. If you don’t have, you can use bacon or cured ham instead.

• Place the fried ham on kitchen paper to let the oil go. When its dry cut in small pieces that you will add to the wild sauted mushrooms.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Fry the garlics in the same pan. When they change their colour

• Add the variety of mushrooms and cook until they are nearly done, add a spring of thyme and stir for 1-2 more minutes.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Use the electric mixer to get an homogeneous cream/sauce out of the potatoes pot and add more stock to get the texture you want. Also add too spoontable of olive oil.

• Use a tin to put the mushrooms and ham in the middle of the plate with a shape that will simbolize the prince’s castle.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Once you have it, pour the potatoes cream/sauce around it.

• Meanwhile in another pot you have some olive oil, a thyme spring and the Volvariella volvacea in infusion.

SNOW WHITE, THE SEVEN DWARFS AND THE BLUE PRINCE

• Take the slices of bread and toast in a pan that has olive oil and thyme leaves.

• Once you have toasted it and when it’s still warm, spread the blue cheese on top.

• Place the toast on top of the mushrooms castle and surrounding it, have the dwarfs hoods (volvariella volvacea) that you had in infusion in place.

• I really hope you enjoy it.

• Cheers! • Please forgive my mistakes.