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Creamy garlic mushrooms on toast

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    4 tablespoons double cream
    2 cloves garlic, crushed with salt in a pestle and mortar
    1 x 250g pack closed cup chestnut
    mushrooms, wiped, the larger
    ones cut in half
    50g(2m) butter
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 x 15g pack fresh tarragon,
    chopped
    squeeze lemon juice
    salt and freshly ground black pepper
    To serve
    4 slices rustic-style bread, toasted and buttered

    What to do:

    Melt the butter with the oil in a frying pan, add the mushrooms and fry over a medium to high heat for around five minutes until cooked.
    Add the garlic, stir, cook over a medium heat for a couple more minutes, then add the cream and bubble until it thickens.
    Next, add the tarragon, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Stir well and serve on the toasted sourdough bread