Mushroom Brochette
By: KC Quaretti-Lee
Published: Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 7:32am

Ingredients




1 cup Oyster Mushrooms
1 cup Baby Portabella Mushrooms
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Garlic
6 tablespoons Olive Oil
Sal& Pepper
1/2 loaf Country Italian Bread thickly sliced

Preparation

1 Brush both sides of the bread slices with 2 tablespoons olive oil and grill until golden brown. 2 Cut mushrooms into chunks and sauté with 4 tablespoons olive oil and garlic over medium/high heat until golden brown. 3 Pile mushrooms on toasted bread slices and serve immediately. 4 That’s it, that’s all you have to do!

About


Dining in New York is always a treat but my latest trip there proved to be absolutely the best foodie experience I have had in a long time!  We went to Mario Batali’s market/eatery, Eataly and what a treat that was!
The market is filled with produce so fresh it literally gave me shivers.  There is a cheese area that rivals anything I know from France and Italy with whole rounds of parmesan piled high along with a hundred other cheeses to tempt any palate!  I can’t forget to mention the meats and fish; you’ll want to buy one of everything and then top it all off with a fresh pasty before you leave!
The eatery is divided into separate areas; we chose to dine in the vegetarian restaurant and boy am I happy we did!  We opted to try two specials; mushroom brochette and broccoli rabe brochette which had us ooooing and awwwwing with flavor delight!
Naturally as soon as I got home I wanted to try and incorporate these wonderful dishes into our normal dining habits and treat my family to at least a hint of the amazing dishes I had just enjoyed.  I’m not going to say I was able to recreate the dishes exactly; because I wasn’t.  But I would like to share with you the two brochettes that came out of Mario Batali’s  Eataly; my family declared them fantastic and I think you will too!