Mushroom and Potato Carole

Name: Mushroom and Potato Carole
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (30 g) toasted breadcrumbs; 8 slices lean bacon; 4 tablespoons cream; 2 egg yolks; 1½ lb (¾ kg) mashed potatoes; 2 tablespoons (30 g) butter; 1 lb (½ kg) young mushrooms; Salt and pepper; Salt and pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

English Provincial Cooking

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1980

About

This dish should be made with freshly picked wild mushrooms but can, of course, be made with young button mushrooms. The potato carole is also very good filled with fish or chicken in a white sauce. Carole was an old English word for chest or coffer.

Ingredients

1 lb (½ kg) young mushrooms
2 tablespoons (30

Europe
United Kingdom
Engalnd
Main course

Method

Wipe and peel the mushrooms and remove the stalks. Chop the stalks finely and mix them with the butter, 1 teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper. Fill the mushrooms caps with this mixture and arrange them sid