Spring Wild Harvest Ragout With Fiddlehead Greens, Morels

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound fiddleheads cleaned
• 1/2 pound baby pattypan squash trimmed
• 1/2 pound baby carrots trimmed
• 3/4 cup shelled fresh peas
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter - (1/2 stick)
• 1/2 pound pearl onions blanched in boiling
• water for 1 minute, peeled, and trimmed
• 2 thyme sprigs
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 pound fresh morels cleaned, trimmed, and sliced
• 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves
• 1 large garlic clove minced

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Boil the fiddleheads in salted water for 4 minutes, or until they are crisp-tender. Drain and plunge in ice water to stop the cooking. When cool, drain in a colander. Repeat the process of boiling and cooling with the squash and the carrots. Boil the peas for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they are just tender, and drain them.

In a large heavy skillet combine 2 tablespoons of the butter, the onions, the thyme, the bay leaf and 1/4 cup of the broth and simmer the mixture, covered, for 5 minutes. Add the morels and 1/2 cup of the remaining broth and simmer the mixture, covered, for 10 minutes, or until the morels are tender.

Add the fiddleheads, the squash, the carrots, and the remaining 1/4 cup broth and simmer the mixture, covered, for 1 minute. Add the peas, the parsley, the mint, and the garlic and simmer, covered, for 1 minute.

Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, stirring until the butter is just melted. Discard the bay leaf and season with salt and pepper.

This recipe yields 6 servings.