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Recipe: Crostini Alla Porcini
Similar Categories: Crostini, Alla, Porcini
1 ounce imported dried porcini mushrooms
3 tablespoons good olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 pound fresh shitake or chanterelle mushrooms -- sliced (or white
-- button, or a
-- mixture)
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese
8 large or 16 small slices Italian bread -- lightly toasted
Soak porcini in 1 cup very hot water for 20 minutes. Drain and dice, removing any hard stem pieces. (Strain and save the liquid to use in soup.) Heat oil and butter in a large skillet until butter foams.
Add mushrooms and cook until lightly golden. Add garlic and cook and stir for one minute. Add cream and cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Add parsley and stir briefly.
Season to taste with salt and a couple of grinds of black pepper. Cool slightly (can be made ahead) and mound on toasts. Sprinkle with cheese and run under a preheated broiler until cheese is melted and all is bubbly and beginning to brown.
Serve immediately.
3 tablespoons good olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 pound fresh shitake or chanterelle mushrooms -- sliced (or white
-- button, or a
-- mixture)
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese
8 large or 16 small slices Italian bread -- lightly toasted
Soak porcini in 1 cup very hot water for 20 minutes. Drain and dice, removing any hard stem pieces. (Strain and save the liquid to use in soup.) Heat oil and butter in a large skillet until butter foams.
Add mushrooms and cook until lightly golden. Add garlic and cook and stir for one minute. Add cream and cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Add parsley and stir briefly.
Season to taste with salt and a couple of grinds of black pepper. Cool slightly (can be made ahead) and mound on toasts. Sprinkle with cheese and run under a preheated broiler until cheese is melted and all is bubbly and beginning to brown.
Serve immediately.
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