Mixed Mushroom Casserole Recipe

Name: Mixed Mushroom Casserole Recipe
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms (about 1 cup), broken in half if large; 2 cups boiling water; 4 ounces French baguette , cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 3 cups); 3 tablespoons unsalted butter , plus more for coating the baking dish; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 8 ounces chanterelle mushrooms , stems trimmed and cut in half; 8 ounces cremini mushrooms , stems trimmed and cut in half or quartered if large; 1/3 cup small-dice shallot (from about 1 medium shallot); 3/4 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves; 1/2 cup dry white wine; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 large egg , lightly beaten; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 6 ounces Cambozola cheese , cut into small pieces (rind included)

A hearty vegetarian casserole recipe with porcini, chanterelle, and cremini mushrooms covered in a creamy blue cheese sauce.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

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Why it works: Chanterelle and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Mixed Mushroom Casserole Recipe

4 to 6 servings

Cook1 hr 45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

520Calories

17 gProtein

45 gFat

9 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Porcini	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Chanterelle	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Chanterelle + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together19 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Chanterelle + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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