Tofu! - Mushroom Tortellini With Light Tarragon Cream Sauce

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Mushroom Tortellini With Light Tarragon Cream Sauce

 

Recipe By :This Can't Be Tofu! - Deborah Madison

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Pasta and Noodles

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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32 won-ton wrappers

2 cups half and half -- or

a mixture of half and half and cream

2 shallots -- finely diced

1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon

2 teaspoons mushroom soy sauce -- to taste

salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 cups napa cabbage -- sliced into narrow ribbons

FILLING:

1 recipe Seared Mushrooms With Tiny Cubes of Tofu

 

Prepare the filling and spread it on a plate and refrigerate until completely

cool.

 

Place a wonton wrapper on the counter, put 1 tablespoon of the filling in the

center, brush the edges with water, then fold, corner to corner, to make a

triangle. Press on edges to make sure they're sealed. Take the two ends of the

triangle and fold them so that one end rests on the other end. Seal with

another drop of water. Set them on a sheet pan dusted with rice flour or

nonstick pastry paper.

 

Simmer the half and half in a wide skillet with the remaining ingredients for 5

minutes. Season with a few pinches of salt and black pepper. Meanwhile, simmer

the tortellini in salted, simmering water for 2 minutes, or until tender, then

remove with a strainer and set them in the sauce. Shuffle the pan back and forth

so that the sauce washes over the pasta. Continue to cook a little longer if the

sauce is still on the thin side. Place on heated plates, pour the sauce and

cabbage over each plate, then serve, adding a little ground pepper to each

plate.

 

Yield:

" 32 tortellini "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 2389 Calories; 124g Fat (45.5% calories

from fat); 80g Protein; 254g Carbohydrate; 18g Dietary Fiber; 202mg Cholesterol;

4818mg Sodium. Exchanges: 10 Grain(Starch); 3 Lean Meat; 11 Vegetable; 2

Non-Fat Milk; 23 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 2130706543 0 0 0 0 2616 0 0

 

 

* Exported from MasterCook *

 

Seared Mushrooms With Tiny Cubes of Tofu

 

Recipe By :This Can't Be Tofu! - Deborah Madison

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Pasta and Noodles

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 carton soft or firm tofu -- drained and diced into 1/4-inch

cubes

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

4 teaspoons mushroom soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

3 tablespoons garlic -- coarsely chopped

3 tablespoons tarragon -- chopped

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

3 tablespoons olive oil -- plus

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 pound brown Italian mushrooms

4 large shallots -- finely diced OR

1 small onion -- finely diced

 

Simmer the tofu for 2 minutes in salted water, then set on paper toweling to dry

while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. Combine the sugar, water,

mushroom soy sauce, and salt in a cup and set aside. Chop the garlic, tarragon,

and pepper to make a coarse paste or mixture.

 

Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a 10-inch skillet. When hot, add the

garlic-tarragon-pepper mixture and cook for about 30 seconds. Immediately add

the mushrooms, give them a stir, then saute until they're well browned and their

juices have been released then reabsorbed, about 7 minutes. Scrape them into a

bowl.

 

Heat the remaining oil in the skillet and add the tofu. Cook over medium-high

heat, shaking the pan every few minutes, until the cubes are golden. Return the

mushrooms to the pan and add the shallots.

 

Add the reserved liquid to the pan and stir rapidly, cooking until everything is

well mixed and still moist. Remove from heat. Taste for salt and pepper.

 

Yield:

" 2 cups "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 973 Calories; 64g Fat (55.7% calories

from fat); 38g Protein; 78g Carbohydrate; 12g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol;

2377mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 3 Lean Meat; 9 1/2 Vegetable; 11

Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 5290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4204 0 0