Pan Roast Portabella Mushrooms With Dijon Vinaigrette Asiago Cheese Recipes

Steps:

• Trim hard parts from mushrooms and discard. Rinse mushrooms quickly to remove grit; cut caps into slices and stems into small chunks. Combine in a medium skillet with 1 clove garlic (crushed and peeled), thyme, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Cook over sufficiently low heat so that mixture bubbles but mushrooms do not brown. Continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until they are quite shrunken in size and appear firm, 30 to 45 minutes. (At this point, you can pause for several hours before resuming cooking.) If you are using porcinis, soak them in hot water to cover for a few minutes so that they soften.
• Set a large pot of water to boil for pasta and salt it. Mince remaining garlic. Turn heat under oil to medium, and add garlic to the portobellos along with the drained porcinis. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic begins to color. Add tomatoes and raise heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they break up and become saucy, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Taste sauce and adjust its seasoning. When pasta is done, drain it, toss with sauce, top with Parmesan, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees.
• Carefully remove the stems from the mushrooms.
• Inspect the mushrooms closely and, if needed, wash in cool water and pat dry.
• Heat 2 tbsps.
• of the olive oil in a heavy ovenproof skillet.
• Add the mushrooms and sauté for 5 minutes turning the mushrooms once.
• Place the skillet, with the mushrooms in it, in the preheated oven; roast the mushrooms for approximately 15 minutes.
• While the mushrooms are roasting make the vinaigrette.
• In a small bowl combine the remaining olive oil, dijon mustard, salt, pepper, garlic and shallot.
• Whisk together and leave at room temperature until the mushrooms are cooked.
• Remove the mushrooms from the oven and slice them into 1/4-1/2 inch slices.
• Fan the mushrooms across two warm serving plates and drizzle with some, or all, of the vinaigrette.
• Using an ordinary vegetable peeler, peel thin slices of the Asiago cheese and arrange across the mushrooms.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients. Arrange mushroom caps in a single layer in a non- reactive shallow pan. Pour marinade over mushrooms, cover and marinate for 1 hour, turning mushrooms several times.
• Using a blender, blend vinaigrette ingredients until smooth. Taste for seasoning.
• Heat a clean griddle or skillet and wipe down with an oiled cloth. Remove mushrooms from marinade, place in skillet and use a weight to press down on them. Sear them about 1 minute on each side, or until tender. Transfer mushrooms to a cutting board, slice thin and drizzle with red pepper vinaigrette.