Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 oz Dried shitake 1 Onion, cut into crescents
1 c Warm water 4 tb Olive oil
2 Baked pie shells 2 c Milk
6 c Nettle tops 3 Eggs
1 lb Tofu 1 tb Tamari

Soak shitake in warm water. Rinse nettles; cook in water to cover
until tender; drain immediately. Saut? onion (and some garlic if you
wish) in half of olive oil until partly soft. Slice the softened
shitake and saut? with onion for 3 minutes. Cut tofu in small cubes;
saut? with shitake, rest of oil, and onion for 4 minutes. Remove
from heat; stir in cooked nettle; put in prebaked crusts. Bake at
350øF for 40-50 minutes, until center is set. Decorate with sprigs
of nettle and spring flowers and serve.

PREPARATION TIME: WHEN I'M A KITCHEN WITCH, I WHIZ THIS OUT IN TWO
HOURS: 30 MINUTES FOR THE CRUSTS; 45 MINUTES OF COOKING; AND 45
MINUTES OF BAKING. I START SOAKING THE SHITAKE BEFORE I HEAD OUT THE
DOOR TO COLLECT THE NETTLES.
Submitted By JANIE YOUNG On 02-07-95

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