Profiteroles With Port-Wine Mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
- 3/4 pound mushrooms, cut into quarter-inch cubes, about 3 cups
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt, if desired
- Freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup Port wine
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 24 cream puffs (see recipe)
- Melt the butter in a skillet and add the shallots.
- Cook briefly, stirring.
- Add the mushrooms, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook, stirring, until the liquid evaporates.
- Add the wine and cook until it is almost wholly evaporated.
- Add the cream and cook down about 10 minutes or until the mixture is reduced to two cups.
- Slice off the tops of all the cream puffs.
- Spoon an equal portion of the mixture into each cream-puff bottom.
- Replace the tops and serve.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6808 (may not work)