Sweet Potato Poutine with Paprika Sausage, Oyster Mushrooms and Asparagus Tips

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Sweet Potato Poutine with Paprika Sausage, Oyster Mushrooms and Asparagus Tips

It was poutine week last week, and I already miss it. Fancy poutine experiments all over restaurants and bistros, all weird funky and tasty (except the one with the buffalo sauce and popcorn chicken….)! So, I decided to come up with my own version. Something woodsy, appropriate for winter, but of course outlandishly weird too. So first thing – sweet potato fries; second – some paprika pork sausage (like chorizo) thinly sliced and flash fried so it can be crispy; third – the sauce – regular brown gravy is boring, so I made this port-based sauce with shallots, miso, butter and port, all thickened with cornstarch (it was slightly sweet but that went well with the sour asparagus and and the salty sausage); fourth – regular squeaky cheese curds; fifth – oyster mushrooms breaded with panko and fried (this, to be honest, did not add much to the dish); sixth and final – asparagus tips, which I marinated in the juice of some roasted peppers I had in the fridge (this made them sour and garlicky -> a nice accent). Pepper and thyme fairy dust on top.

Happy, happy!

I know it is so different, it totally ain’t legally speaking “real pout(s)ine”. But it has nice complementary earthy flavors, and I can’t keep my hands off of it even after I had lunch already.

Vive la poutine! Vive la difference!

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