Mushroom Carpaccio Recipes

Steps:

• Slice mushrooms lengthwise as thinly as possible with slicer.
• Spread mushrooms out on a large platter and drizzle with lemon juice. Using a vegetable peeler, shave some of Pecorino Toscano over top. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with celery leaves.
• Fontaleoni Vernaccia di San Gimignano '07

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy bottomed pan.
• Add bay leaf, onion and garlic.
• Saute for 2-3 minutes or till the onion becomes translucent.
• Add mushrooms.
• Saute for a minute.
• Add 1 cup of vegetable stock.
• Cook for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Make a puree of the cooked mushrooms.
• Add the remaining vegetable stock to it.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add salt and white pepper powder.
• Simmer the soup for 2-3 minutes.
• Add fresh cream and remove from heat.
• Place soup in individual cups.
• Keep a deep bowl in the refrigerator to chill it.
• In this chilled bowl pour in the chilled milk and beat it with a fork.
• This will develop froth in it which can be collected with a ladle and placed on the hot mushroom soup giving it a cappuccino effect.
• Sprinkle powdered cinnamon and serve immediately.