Nov 20, 2020
Button mushrooms on toast
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
250 g small button mushrooms
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
small handful fresh herbs – tarragon, chives and parsley work well
2 thick slices sourdough bread
roasted cherry tomatoes, to serve
Directions
Place a chargrill pan over a high heat.
Set a frying pan over a medium high heat and add the oil and butter. When the butter melts, add the mushrooms and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until nicely coloured and tender. Roughly chop the herbs and stir them through. Season well with salt and pepper.
Place the sourdough slices onto the grill and cook on both sides, then transfer to 2 plates. Butter as desired.
Spoon the mushrooms over the toast and serve with roasted cherry tomatoes.
Nov 20, 2020
Mushrooms, Oomite and Burnt Butter Mother Crumpet
Ingredients
Mushroom mix
4 portobello mushrooms (sliced)
8 Swiss brown mushrooms (sliced)
2 small cloves garlic (peeled and sliced)
2 sprigs thyme
1 glug light olive oil
Burnt Oomite butter
2 tsp Oomite
2 tbsp warm water
3 tbsp butter
Squeeze of lemon
Salad
2 handfuls picked mint, parsley, chervil
A little shaved pear and pecorino
Squeeze of lemon plus a little zest
1 small golden shallot (peeled and sliced into rounds)
To serve
Salt and pepper
1 Mother Crumpet (see ingredients below) or sourdough bread
Mother Crumpet
175 g sourdough starter (around 70% hydration)
200 g bread flour
200 ml milk
100 ml filtered water
Pinch of salt
Pinch of sugar
Splash of apple cider vinegar
½ tsp bicarb
Directions
For the Mushrooms, Oomite and Burnt Butter
For the salad, mix the herbs, pear, and grated pecorino in a little bowl. Season with salt, pepper, olive oil and a little lemon juice just before serving.
Cook the garlic in the olive oil until light golden in colour, then remove from pan and set aside.
In the same pan, sauté the sliced mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and remove once they turn golden colour.
Mix the Oomite into the warm water. Add the butter and thyme to the pan, cook to a nutty brown then add the Oomite and lemon juice.
Spoon the mushrooms on top of your Mother Crumpet or a slice of toasted sourdough.
Spoon over the Oomite burnt butter.
Top with the shaved pear, pecorino, herb salad.
For the Mother Crumpet
Warm the milk and water till tepid. Pour over the sourdough starter, mix in with hand, add flour, mix till flour is incorporated. Cover with a cloth and leave on the bench till morning. 6–8 hours does the trick; any longer, keep in the fridge.
In the morning…fold in salt, sugar, bicarb + vinegar and leave for 15 mins
Melt some ghee in a large fry pan on medium heat, and put in Mother Crumpet dough. Cook mostly on one side, for about 5–8 minutes. Finish on the other side for a minute or two.
Recipe by Darren Robertson for Australian Mushrooms
Sep 28, 2020
Baked breakfast mushrooms stuffed with spinach, feta and egg
Ingredients
4 large flat mushrooms (large Portobello mushrooms also work well)
1 big handful of baby spinach leaves
1 ½ tbsp marinated creamy feta cheese
4 medium free-range eggs
2 thyme sprigs
Cracked pepper to taste
Sea salt to taste
1 tbsp parsley, roughly chopped, to serve
Directions
Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
To clean the mushrooms, brush the skin with a dry paper towel to remove any dirt.
Using a small paring knife, remove the stems.
Fill the base of the mushrooms with the baby spinach leaves, ripping larger leaves into smaller pieces.
Carefully crack an egg into each mushroom on top of the spinach.
Add a spoonful of marinated feta cheese as well as a drizzle of the feta marinating oil on top of the cracked egg.
Add a pinch of salt and pepper and sprinkle a few leaves of the fresh thyme on top.
Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes or until the mushroom has softened and the egg is still soft inside.
Serve straight away topped with parsley.
Oct 9, 2019
Mushrooms on Sourdough, Spanish Style
Ingredients
½ fresh garlic clove
2 slices crusty bread (fresh or even a few days old), toasted or grilled
1 large ripe tomato, at room temperature
Generous drizzle of good quality extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ tsp Pinch Spanish paprika
200 g Swiss Brown mushrooms, halved (1x punnet)
1 tbsp butter
½ lemon, zested and juice
3 sprigs thyme
4 thin slices Jamón Serrano (remove if vegetarian)
Directions
Rub the fresh garlic against the grilled sourdough.
Halve the tomato and grate it on a box grater, discarding the skin onto a plate.
Place the grated tomato onto a plate, then add a splash of olive oil and season with salt, pepper and paprika. Stir to combine.
Spoon the ‘tomato sauce’ onto the 2 slices of bread.
On a griddle pan on high heat with a splash of olive oil, grill the mushrooms for 2 minutes each side till marked with grill lines. Then add butter, lemon zest, juice, and thyme and baste the mushrooms with a spoon.
Top bread with thinly sliced Jamón Serrano and mushrooms.
Top tip
Enjoy as is or try it with fried eggs and haloumi. Choose good quality sourdough, like Brasserie Bread, to best compliment the mushrooms and absorb the delicious flavours.
May 13, 2019
Spanish Mushroom Toastie
Ingredients
Butter
2 slices bread
1 ripe truss tomato
Small handful Swiss Brown, button or cup mushrooms
½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 small clove garlic, finely grated
¾ cup grated Manchego Cheese, tasty, or other cheese
3 thin slices Jamon Serrano or prosciutto
3 sage leaves
Directions
Lightly butter the 2 slices of bread on both sides.
Grate the tomato into a large bowl, discard the leftover peel.
Thinly slice the mushrooms, pan-fry over a high heat with a knob of butter and splash of olive oil until golden and set aside.
Add the garlic and olive oil to the grated tomato and season well.
Spread the grated cheese on one slice of bread.
Top with the tomato mixture, and mushrooms and close the sandwich.
Wrap the sandwich in the slices of jamon.
Place sage leaves on top of the sandwich and place the toastie in a preheated press.
Cook for 5 minutes or until the sage leaves and jamon are crisp and the cheese is melted.
Leave to cool for 5 minutes before eating.
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