Meat in a merchant manner with mushrooms

In the Russian Empire, as well as in many other countries, the merchant class was considered a "third estate" after the clergy and nobility, as it happened historically, naturally. In connection with the nature of employment (trade, exchange, travel), a certain part of the merchants lived reasonably well, which, of course, determined the household, including the food culture of this class. The merchant's cuisine was rich and varied, spicy and exquisite in its own way. That is, the tasty to eat and drink the merchants knew how. It is clear that on the table the people of the merchant class often had meat, as well as other products from different lands, and prepared them in different ways, very interestingly.

Tell you how to cook in the oven meat in a merchant manner. It is clear, this recipe is not the only known, Russian merchant cuisine is very diverse.

We will cook pork. Meat choose fresh or chilled, most suitable for the neck, shoulder blade, ham or cut on chops. Mushrooms are best used in white, but the mushrooms are good too.

Pork meat with mushrooms in a merchant's way in the oven - recipe

Ingredients:

• meat pork - 6 large slices;
• Cheese hard-to 400 g;
• mushrooms - 300 g;
• prunes - 12-18 pieces;
• Madera strong dessert - 45 ml;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• spices ground (nutmeg, coriander, fragrant black pepper, cloves);
• greens (parsley, coriander);
• organic butter.

Preparation

Prunes are steamed in boiling water, washed and extracted pits. Cheese three on a grater. We cut the mushrooms fairly finely. Slightly beat off pieces of meat, abundantly grease the pan and put them to bake in the oven. While this happens for 45 minutes, we need to cook mushrooms (without onions). Mushrooms lightly fry in a frying pan in oil, add spices and Madeira, stew without lid, stirring for 15 minutes. Turn off the fire, add the chopped garlic, mix, wait for 2 minutes, then throw in a colander, under which a clean bowl, let the sauce drain.

At the right time, remove from the oven baking meat, turn the slices. Each chunk of meat lightly sprinkled with cheese, distributing evenly. Top layer of the mushroom mixture, abundantly sprinkled with cheese. In the last turn, we lay out on each hunk of 2-3 flattened plums. We return the baking sheet with meat in the oven and turn off the fire, you can slightly open the door. After about 8-15 minutes, the meat is ready. Lomti accurately shifted to a serving dish or immediately into a serving bowl. As a garnish, you can serve boiled potatoes, rice or pearl barbecue with a sauce that was formed when extinguishing mushrooms. Of course, we will arrange all this with twigs of greenery. Bread is the best "Borodino", you can serve Madera, with which they cooked.