Simmered Mushroom Trio with Garlic Crostini Recipe

This recipe is courtesy of Cooking Close To Home: A Year of Seasonal Recipes by Diane Imrie and Richard Jarmusz
Simmered Mushroom Trio with Garlic Crostini picture

Summary

Difficulty LevelMediumServings4
CuisineCourse
Main Ingredient

Ingredients

 1 teaspoon dried porcini mushrooms, broken into small pieces
 1?4 cup dry white wine
 Olive oil1 Tablespoon
 1?2 medium onion, chopped
 All purpose flour2 Teaspoon
 Garlic1 Clove (5gm), chopped
 2 1?2 cups assorted mushrooms, sliced
 (may include crimini, shiitake, oyster, portabella or any other local mushrooms)
 1?2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
 1?4 Basic Chicken Stock
 Garlic1 Clove (5gm), cut in half
 1?2 baguette, cut into thin slices
 Olive oil for drizzling

Directions

1. In a small bowl soak the dried porcini mushrooms in the white wine for 15 minutes.
2. In a medium sauté pan heat the olive oil over medium-high heat, add the onions and sauté for approximately 5 minutes, or until soft. Add the flour, stirring to coat the onions, and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add the chopped garlic and sauté another 30 seconds. Add the assorted mushrooms and Italian seasoning and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add the stock and wine with soaked mushrooms, and continue to cook another 5 minutes, until most of the liquid has evaporated.
5. Rub the cut garlic clove on one side of each baguette slice. Toast the slices under the broiler for 5 minutes, or until slightly crisp and just browned. Place on individual plates, and drizzle with olive oil.
6. Pour the mushroom mixture on top of the bread slices, and serve.

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