One meal had started with a cream of vegetable soup accompanied by a mushroom ragout: 110 calories.

It's also a fine addition to soups or mushroom ragout.

Lou ordered pappardelle with spicy Italian sausage and a wild mushroom ragout.

Other exotic mushrooms can be purchased dried, covered with boiling water and soaked for one hour before being added to the mushroom ragout.

Heat the mushroom ragout in a saute skillet over medium heat.

Divide between 4 plates, top each with a spoon of mushroom ragout and serve immediately with bread.

This is true also for the mushroom ragout, which is perhaps a slightly more elegant dish but no less comforting.

Fill the polenta shell with the mushroom ragout and pour the cheese custard over it.

Spread the mushroom ragout evenly over the fillets.

More substantial and equally fine were the tasty slices of polenta smothered in a rich mushroom ragout.