Shiitake Rockefeller
"A recipe from Chef David Bennett of Vieux Carre in Little Rock (and featured on P. Allen Smith's gardening show), this a wonderful vegetarian take on the famous oyster dish."
photo by Sharon123
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 medium shiitake mushrooms
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper
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Spinach Topping
- 1 lb fresh spinach leaves, washed and dried
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon white wine
- 2 tablespoons fresh garlic, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
- salt and pepper
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Bread Topping
- 2 tablespoons panko breadcrumbs (Japanese-style breadcrumbs)
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
directions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Prepare the fresh shitake mushrooms by cleaning with a dry towel and then breaking off the stems at the base of the cap. Discard stems.
- Mix 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper to taste in an ovenproof baking dish.
- Toss the mushroom caps in this mixture to coat and cover the dish with aluminum foil and roast for 15 minutes.
- While mushrooms are roasting, prepare spinach mixture for topping.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a sauté pan, and then add about a pound of fresh spinach leaves that have been washed and patted dry. Sauté just long enough to wilt, about 1-2 minutes, and then remove from heat.
- Add 1 tablespoon of white wine, 2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh garlic, and the juice of half a lemon and salt and pepper to taste. Toss.
- When mushrooms are done, place them cap side down on an ovenproof plate. Top each with a heaping spoonful of the spinach mixture and then top with a generous sprinkling of Panko (Japanese-style breadcrumbs).
- Drizzle with melted butter and broil until golden brown.
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Reviews
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Really good! I halved the recipe and ate it right up for dinner along with some pasta. Thank you for a tasty, flavorful creation! :yummy:
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>
