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Wood Ear Stir-Fry

Wood Ear Stir-Fry

We have a friend who is very much a coastal forager and is now exploring the delights of Fungus foraging. There are a few fungi which are edible and really don’t have any toxic look-alikes. Wood Ears (Auricularia auricula-Judae) are one of these and a great starters foraged fungus. We had a donation yesterday and cobbled this stir-fry together to go with our Giant Toad In The Hole.


A cautionary note:- Wood Ears have a nasty habit of spitting quite dramatically when fried. Stand back! They also act as a flavour sponge, which is cool!

Ingredients:-

Sliced Wood Ears
Cavolo Nero, de-stemmed and sliced
Minced Ginger
Minced Garlic
Chiili Flakes
A Squeeze of Lemon juice
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Slice the Wood ears into strips.
(2) Add the Oil to a large frying pan or Wok.
(3) Fry and stir.

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Crispy Chilli Beef

Technically the Beef Fillet would have pushed this well over budget, but these were part of my birthday present from my mum, so we thought we’d make something tasty with them. Oh was it tasty?

Ingredients:-

Beef Fillet, cut into strips. (Other cuts will work just as well.)
Fresh Chillies
Chilli Flakes
Spring Onions
1 tin of Tomatoes
1 Red Pepper, cut into strips
1 Large Onion, chopped
2 clovers of Garlic
Tomato Puree
Seasoned Flour (Gluten free in our case), with Chilli Flakes, Paprika, Garlic Salt, Pepper
Oil to fry
Cider Vinegar.
Margarine
Salt & Pepper
Sugar
Rice Noodles (These are presently on offer at the local Supermarket at 60p a pack)

Method:-

(1) Stir the beef strips in the seasoned Flour.
(2) Fry until crispy and set aside in the oven on a low heat to keep warm.
(3) Fry the Onion and Garlic in Margarine and Oil until soft.
(4) Add the tin of Tomatoes and an equal amount of Water.
(5) Add a good squirt of Tomato Puree.
(6) Simmer for 10 minutes.
(7) Add the Cider Vinegar and Sugar.
(8) Add the half of the fresh Chillies and half of the Spring Onions.
(9) Stir well and simmer for a couple of minutes.
(10) Stir in the Beef.
(11) Serve over Rice Noodles or Rice and dress with the remaining fresh Chilli and Spring Onion.

We served ours with a few fresh fried Papadums. The ingredient quantities are pretty flexible, so you can adjust the heat to your taste.

 

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