Mixed Wild Mushroom Sauté On Toast Points With Gruyère Recipes

SAUTEED WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Brush the caps of each mushroom with a clean sponge. Remove and discard the stems. Slice the small mushrooms thickly and cut the large ones in a large dice.
• Heat the olive oil in a large (11 - inch) Dutch oven or saucepan. Add the shallots and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, or until the shallots are translucent. Add the butter, mushrooms, salt, and pepper and cook over medium heat for 8 minutes, until they are tender and begin to release their juices, stirring often. Stir in the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes. Toss in the parsley, sprinkle with salt, and serve warm.

WILD MUSHROOM SAUTE

Steps:

• Rinse the mushrooms thoroughly in cold water.
• Lift the mushrooms from the water and drain well.
• Cut the larger mushrooms into 1 inch pieces.
• Melt the butter in the oil in a large saucepan.
• Add the mushrooms and saute over high heat until the liquid released has evaporated and the mushrooms are browned all over, about 20 minutes.
• Add the shallots, garlic, salt and pepper and saute for 1 minute.
• Sprinkle the herbs on the mushrooms and serve with bread.

MIXED WILD MUSHROOM SAUTE ON TOAST POINTS (RACHAEL RAY)

Steps:

• Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and butter.
• Once butter melts, add the garlic and shallots, cook for 30 seconds and add mushrooms and combine.
• Sprinkle thyme over mushrooms, stirring frequently until they brown; add salt and pepper to taste.
• Sprinkle flour over the mushrooms and cook for 1-2 more minutes, stirring to evenly distribute.
• Whisk the wine into the pan and cook it off for a minute, then whisk in the stock.
• Thicken the stock for a minute, then add the half-and-half and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Cut the toasted bread in triangle halves. Arrange 4 toast triangles on a dinner plate. Pour 1/4 of the mushrooms across each portion and top with Gruyere.

MIXED WILD MUSHROOM SAUTé ON TOAST POINTS WITH GRUYèRE

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the EVOO and butter. When the butter melts, add the garlic and shallots and swish around for 30 seconds, then add the mushrooms and combine. Sprinkle the chopped thyme over the mushrooms. Cook the mushrooms, stirring frequently, until they brown. Add salt and pepper to taste. (Do not season mushrooms before they brown. Salt draws out liquid and will make the mushrooms wet and as a result, they will actually take longer to brown.) Sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more, stirring to evenly distribute. Whisk the sherry into the pan first and cook it off for a minute, then whisk in the stock. Thicken the stock for a minute, then add the cream and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Cut the toasted bread from corner to corner. Arrange 4 triangles of toast on each dinner plate. Pour one quarter of the mushrooms across each portion and top with lots of Gruyère and with thyme sprigs. Serve with a tossed green salad or baby spinach salad.
• You can make this dish (and variations, #273 or #274) vegetarian by substituting vegetable broth for the stock.