Thursday, March 05, 2009

Portabello Parmesan
Cheap and easy and less $6. Serves 2.
Remove stems from two large portabellos. Wash both well; trim and dice stem. Place cap smooth side down, and drizzle with a olive oil. Place uncovered in 350-degree oven 15 minutes. Whilst it's baking, melt 2Tbs butter w/ 2Tbs light oil then add and stir-fry the following vegetables - 2 cups julienned cabbage, 1/2 cup julienned carrot, 1/3 thinly sliced onion and diced portabello stem. Add chili flakes if you like it hot. Reduce til soft. Add 1/4 cup dry white wine and 2tsp soy sauce to veggies, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Whilst the veggies are simmering, sprinkle 1/2 cup grated fresh parmesan on hot mushroom caps and return to oven five more minutes. When cheese is melted, top with another 1/2 cup dry parmesan, then broil 4 minutes at 425. On each plate, draw little twirly spikes of some sweet-spicy kind of sauce on the plates (for example we have this nice jalapeno chutney we got at Trader Joe's). Plate up by making a little bed with the shredded veggies, then top each with a hot crispy cheesy rich portabello cap. Yowm.