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Heat over low to 170°F.Shape pike mixture into 16 ovals (about 1/4 cup each) by using a spoon to press and smooth mixture against a second spoon.
Cook quenelles, in batches if necessary, in water, flipping and bobbing to submerge occasionally, until cooked through, about 15 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to maintain 170°F.. Heat remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high.Add mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and tender, 6 to 8 minutes.Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and set aside.. Preheat broiler to high with oven rack 6 inches from heat.
Place 2 quenelles in each of 8 (12-ounce) gratin dishes and spoon 1/2 cup lobster sauce into each dish over quenelles.Place gratin dishes on a rimmed baking sheet and broil until sauce begins to bubble and lightly brown, 2 to 4 minutes.
Set hot gratin dishes on serving plates.. Divide mushrooms and crayfish tails evenly among gratin dishes.
Sprinkle each dish with 1/4 teaspoon cognac.He started researching rice, which at the time was notoriously hard to store and prepare, thus scarce in the American market.. After a lot of trial and error—18 years worth to be exact—Durrani perfected a method of parboiling, then dehydrating long-grain white rice so that a little more than a minute and some boiling water was all you needed to bring it back to life.
In 1941, he brought his new rice product, a pot, and a portable stove to the General Foods Corporation in New York.After convincingly demonstrating his "minute rice," the rest is history.
The executives at General Foods (now Kraft, which sold Minute Rice to Riviana Foods Inc. in 2006) were so impressed with the significant reduction in time that they immediately bought the recipe.After that, it was on.
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