Mushroom Toast Tapas Recipes

MUSHROOM TOAST TAPAS

Steps:

• Prepare the white sauce by melting the butter over a low to medium heat in a saucepan and adding the flour.
• Cook and stir for a few minutes, then add the milk and wine gradually and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth.
• Season with the salt, pepper, nutmeg (to taste) and cayenne (to taste); although it is recommended to be generous with both the cayenne and nutmeg, it is your choice.
• Remove from the heat and set aside.
• In a skillet, heat the oil until it is very hot; add the mushrooms and saute over high heat for about 2 minutes.
• (I added the dried parsley about 1 minute into the cooking time. If using fresh, wait until the next step.) If the mushrooms give off liquid, cook until it is evaporated before continuing.
• Add the garlic, parsley (if not added before), ham, salt and pepper and turn off the heat.
• Combine with the white sauce, stir in cheese, and mix until smooth and all ingredients are evenly distributed.
• The mixture may be made ahead to this point and refrigerated.
• Toast the bread lightly and cut each slice into two triangles.
• Cover each triangle completely with 1/8 of the mushroom mixture.
• There are a number of ways you can prepare this: Broil until golden, place them face down in 1/2 inch of hot oil to fry, or enclose in puff pastry dough.
• If using puff pastry dough, you will need about 1 pound of pastry; cut the pastry into 3" strips and wrap them around 2 teaspoons of filling.
• Bake at 400 for 8 minutes.
• You can also use the filling for small pastry puff tart shells.

4 SIMPLE SPANISH TAPAS USING MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Rinse and pat dry 12 button mushrooms, cut a little bit off the stem and slice each mushroom into 1/4 inch thick slices, add 4 cloves minced garlic into a bowl, along with 2 tbsp freshy chopped parsley and 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, mix together until well combined, heat a large fry pan with a medium-high heat, after 3 to 4 minutes add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and the sliced mushrooms, mix occasionally, after 3 minutes add in the garlic & parsley mixture and season everything with sea salt & black pepper, mix until well combined and cook for 15 to 20 seconds, transfer to a serving dish and serve at once
• Add in 5 cloves minced garlic into a mortar, along with 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley and a pinch of sea salt, using a pestle pound down until you form a paste, then add 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and mix together, shred about 2 cups of a mild Manchego cheese and add to the mortar, season with sea salt & black pepper, mix everything together until well combined, pushing down on the mixture to form a paste, rinse and pat dry 12 button mushrooms, remove the stem from each mushroom and using a butter knife, gently make the hole a little bit bigger, stuff each mushroom with the manchego mixture, add the mushrooms to a baking tray lined with parchment paper and into a preheated oven, bake + broil option 250 C - 475 F, after 8 to 9 minutes remove from the oven and transfer the stuffed mushrooms to a serving dish, serve at once
• Rinse and pat dry 12 button mushrooms, cut off a little bit from the stem, add the mushrooms to a baking tray lined with parchment paper, make sure they´re all in a single layer, drizzle a kiss of extra virgin olive oil over the mushrooms and season them with sea salt & black pepper, add to a preheated oven, bake + broil option 250 C - 475 F, meanwhile add 1 large clove of garlic roughly chopped into a mortar, along with a handful of fresh parsley and a pinch of sea salt, pound down on the mixture until well combined, then add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and mix together, after 10 minutes remove the mushrooms from the oven, transfer to a large bowl, pour the garlic parsley sauce over the mushrooms and gently mix together until all the mushrooms are coated with the sauce, transfer to a serving dish, serve warm or at room temperature
• Rinse and pat dry 12 button mushrooms, remove the stem from each mushroom and cut the mushrooms into 1/4 inch thick slices, heat a large fry pan with a medium-high heat, after 3 to 4 minutes add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil and the sliced mushrooms, mix occasionally, after 3 minutes add in 4 cloves minced garlic, 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika, 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley and season with sea salt & black pepper, mix together and cook for 15 to 20 seconds, remove from the heat and transfer to a serving dish, serve at once

MUSHROOMS AND ALIOLI TAPAS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in pan. When the oil is hot, add the mushrooms, salt and sharry. Cover, and lower heat. Cook until liquid is released from mushrooms, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
• Toast bread slightly, just to dry it out a bit.
• Spread toast with alioli and top with mushrooms.
• Broil for about 30 seconds or until alioli starts to bubble.
• Serve warm.