{"id":14373,"date":"2023-09-03T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2023-10-23T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:35:52","slug":"our-favourite-mince-samfa-pie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/our-favourite-mince-samfa-pie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Our favourite Mince &#038; Mushroom Pie Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You\u2019ve probably heard cooks describe fresh mushrooms as sponges.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that does mean they will become waterlogged if washed. But, on the positive side, it also means that mushrooms will combine exceedingly well with the flavour of every single ingredient added to the cooking pot \u2013 be they subtle or strong \u2013 while imparting their own satisfying umami earthiness to the blend.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mushrooms are endlessly adaptable to the whim of your inner celeb-chef.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try frying mushrooms with ginger, garlic, chillies, as well as both woody and soft herbs.<\/li>\n<li>Try braising mushrooms with good stock, wines, ciders or even teas.<\/li>\n<li>Try serving mushrooms with vegetables from asparagus to zucchini \u2013 fungi is a friend to veg of every shape, size and texture.<\/li>\n<li>Try combining mushrooms with proteins \u2013 great with eggs and bacon, chicken salads, stir-fries and every other savoury recipe you can conjure from sun-up to sundown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a savoury ingredient, herb, stock or sauce we can think of that doesn\u2019t go well with fresh mushrooms. If you don\u2019t know where to start as you\u2019re spoiled for choice with fungi, remember that <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Oo8P4K\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Mince and Mushroom Pies<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0are always a favourite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start compiling a shopping list for Mince and Mushroom Pies by clicking on the link above, or find other mushroom-forward pies at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31Tza3V.\">www.mushroominfo.co.za<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably heard cooks describe fresh mushrooms as sponges. Yes, that does mean they will become waterlogged if washed. But, on the positive side, it also means that mushrooms will combine exceedingly well with the flavour of every single ingredient added to the cooking pot \u2013 be they subtle or strong \u2013 while imparting their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14375,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14373\/revisions\/14375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}