The Star Cooks Mushrooms a la Andalouse

In her evening dress and hairdo.

     For Super-Bowl Sunday, I'm testing Stephen Longstreet's recipe, gleaned from his 1942 visit to Hollywood with an old friend from back-east who's now a star.

Mushrooms a la Andalouse

2 lbs. mushrooms, stemmed or sliced

2 oz. unsalted butter

1 oz. diced ham or pork belly

1/4 cup olive oil

1 cup sherry

1/2 cup port

Pepper

Salt

1/2 nutmeg, grated 

1/3 cup chopped pimentos

2 Tablespoons crushed parsley

Braise the mushrooms in the butter, olive oil and ham for 8 minutes.  Add sherry and port.  Stir for a few minutes more, until liquid begins to reduce. Spoon mushrooms into a casserole and allow liquid to reduce by a half.  Pour into casserole. Sprinkle with pepper, salt, nutmeg, pimento and parsley.

Bake at 375 degrees for one hour.

Serve spread on toast that lightly spread with any sort of forcemeat and the grated lemon rind.