I used the water from the porcini re- hydration instead of plain water. What a wonderful dinner it made! Next time I will add more turnips and more garlic. Loved this recipe!
Made it with nice mix of fancy mushrooms and subbed half broth for some of the milk in the polenta to cut down on the dairy. This was an excellent entree that tasted like it came from a restaurant. Using miso for an umami flavor is a great touch. My grocer was out of parsnips; so, I left them out. I used the chef's trio of mushrooms from Safeway, which worked pretty well. I used more garlic, because..
Also used less water, more wine. And it was delicious! Of course, you're not supposed to cook or apply lots of heat to miso; it kills the micro- organisms.
So, I blended it in with a bit of the cooking liquid at the end and stirred it into the ragout just before shutting off the heat. The umami flavor was a hit! I made the recipe as written except I couldn't find roasted hazelnuts in my grocery story so I omitted those and I used a combination of shiitake, oyster and baby Bella mushrooms.
I expected to love this but found the flavor of the parsnip overshadowed everything else and I didn't get enough of the umami mushroom/wine/miso flavor I had been hoping for and it came out tasting pretty bland. If I tried it again I would add some dried porcini, double the thyme, miso and tomato paste and use only wine no water. This is soooo delish! I don't make fancy stuff but this is definitely restaurant quality!
Didn't have wine so I used beef broth. Perfect for VD! SSSOOOOOO GOOD! Didn't have miso paste but doubled tomato paste. Added fennel and a chopped Fresno pepper. Will be our go- to vegetarian dish!