6 duxelle pastry Recipes

olive oil, ground beef, mushrooms, chopped fine , as for duxelles (optional), onions, small dice, garlic cloves, minced, tomato paste, dried oregano (mediterranean is best), ground cinnamon (optional), grated parmesan cheese or 1 cup kefalotiri, chopped minced parsley, eggs, beaten to blend, salt and pepper, phyllo pastry

beef filets, duxelle, unsalted butter, shallot, minced, madeira wine, wild mushrooms, chopped fine (you can even use just plain white mushrooms), leaves from 2 sprigs of fresh thyme, chopped, kosher salt and white pepper to taste, de foie gras (available at specialty foods shops) at room temperature, sheet thawed frozen puff pastry, an egg wash made by beating 1 large egg yolk with 1 tsp of water, madeira wine sauce, madeira, beef stock (i use more than gourmet brand classic french demi-glace), black truffle butter (available at specialty food shops) if you can tsp find it, just use black truffle oil mixed with butter

fresh foie gras , cut into 1/2-inch thick slices, unsalted butter, minced shallots, minced garlic, button mushrooms, rinsed well and finely chopped, salt, freshly ground black pepper, minced fresh thyme, madeira or port, sheets puff pastry, snails, drained and rinsed (or, 48 fresh snails, prepared as directed below), egg, beaten, remaining foie gras fat and enough butter to measure 1/4 cup total, minced shallots, minced garlic, fresh thyme, chicken stock, heavy cream, fresh snails in their shells, white vinegar, salt, dry white wine, onion, coarsely chopped, carrots, coarsely chopped, stalk celery, coarsely chopped, bouquet garni, garlic, mashed, salt, freshly ground black pepper

clean sturgeon fillet, cut into 6 portions (5 1/4 oz each), salt and freshly ground black pepper, hard-boiled eggs, peeled, sliced 1/4-inch thick, white cabbage, thinly sliced and blanched, cooked basmati rice, creamed mushroom duxelle , recipe follows, loosely packed picked fines herbs, puff pastry 6 by 4-inches, 1 per portion, egg wash , for pastry, asparagus, peeled, blanched and cut on the bias 1 1/2-inches long, buerre fondue , recipe follows, garlic, mashed, salt and freshly ground black pepper, minced chervil, golden osetra caviar, butter, onion, minced, mushrooms, minced, kilo frozen porcini pieces, (they come in kilo bags), thawed, vermouth, sour cream, bechamel sauce, minced chives, nutmeg, ground fennel seeds, salt and freshly ground black pepper, water, shallot, thinly sliced, salt, butter, squeeze lemon juice