Annabel Crabb

Annabel Crabb Instagram – Latest innovation to encourage various of my children to come on board with mushrooms. Last night I made Shimeji mushrooms into spicy fries.
Cut the gritty end-bits off the stalks, still leaving enough so that the mushrooms stick together in clumps (these are very beautiful small slender long-stemmed mushrooms, you can also use enoki for this recipe)
Whisk an egg white until foamy. Fold the mushrooms clumps through the egg white until they are all covered. Now toss carefully with potato starch or tapioca flour, I reckon cornflour would also do here. I’d avoid wheaten flour just cos it gets sticky very fast.
Deep fry until golden. Drain briefly on absorbent paper then toss with a spicy salt and pepper mix. This was for a dinner of rice bowls with a Moroccan sort of whiff so my spice blend was:
White pepper corns, pink pepper corns, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, all toasted then ground in mortar and pestle, with some smoked paprika and rock salt. Pinch of sugar. All smashed up and tossed fairly liberally through the mushrooms.
I ate most of them and the eldest was already in the bag: I would describe the reaction from the younger ones as cautious but not “hell no”. | Posted on 19/Sep/2024 02:29:07