Portobello Burgers With Roasted Pepper Paste And Smoked Mozzarel Recipes

THE ULTIMATE GRILLED PORTOBELLO BURGER

Steps:

• Add the olive oil and balsamic vinegar to a small blender and blend well until smooth. Wash and pat dry the portobello caps and transfer them to a sealable container (or zip-lock bag) along with the balsamic marinade. Allow the mushrooms to marinate at least 15 minutes, up to 1 hour.
• Heat the grill to medium and brush the eggplant slices with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place the portobello mushrooms and the eggplant on the hot grill and cover. Cook until grill marks appear, about 2 to 3 minutes for the eggplant and about 5 to 7 minutes for the mushrooms. Flip and continue cooking until vegetables are juicy, tender, and cooked through, about another 2 to 3 minutes for the eggplant and 5 to 7 minutes for the mushrooms. Transfer vegetables to a plate.
• Toast two buns with havarti cheese (or your choice) and layer with a grilled portobello mushroom, a few slices of eggplant, roasted red bell pepper, red onion, and arugula. Drizzle on desired amount of pesto sauce and serve.

PORTOBELLO BURGERS

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients. Place caps into a baking dish and pour marinade over top. Use a brush to make sure all caps are covered with the marinade. Set aside and let marinate up to 2 hours.
• Remove the portobellos from marinade (do not discard marinade) and place gill side down on a preheated gas, electric or charcoal grill over medium-high heat. Grill 3 to 4 minutes per side. Top each cap with cheese 2 minutes to melt before they are finished grilling.
• In a medium bowl combine 1/2 cup mayonnaise and 2 tablespoons of the marinade.
• Spread the flavored mayonnaise onto each bun and top with portobellos. Serve with sliced onion, lettuce and tomato.

PORTOBELLO BURGERS WITH GREEN SAUCE AND SMOKED MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in oil and mushroom caps.
• Season mushrooms with steak seasoning and saute 5 minutes on each side.
• Add in vinegar and coat the mushrooms in it.
• When the vinegar has evaporated, turn mushrooms cap side up and cover with sliced cheese.
• Turn off heat and cover pan with foil; let stand 2-3 minutes for cheese to melt.
• To make the sauce: add basil, parsley, capers, pignoli, garlic, and lemon juice in a food processor; pulse grind, until finely chopped and scrape into a bowl; stir in oil, salt, pepper, and cheese.
• Slather bun tops with green sauce; pile portobellos on bun bottoms and top with red onion slices and lettuce; cover with bun tops and serve.

PORTOBELLO BURGER W/ ROASTED PEPPER PASTE AND SMOKED MOZZARELLA

Steps:

• 1. Combine first three ingredients in the bottom of a large sealable plastic bag. Add mushroom caps, seal bag and shake bag to coat caps, then let the mushrooms marinate for 15 minutes.
• 2. Grill mushrooms on an indoor electric grill, starting with caps down, turning to caps up, 6 minutes on each side. You can also pan fry in large nonstick skillet for the same amount of time. As they cook, season caps on each side with a little salt and pepper. Melt the smoked cheese over mushroom caps in the last minute of grill time.
• 3. To make the pepper paste, combine the roasted peppers, EVOO, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper in food processor and pulse grind into a thick sauce.
• 4. To serve, place the grilled mushroom caps topped with melted cheese on the bun bottoms. Top with spinach and onion. Spread bun tops with roasted pepper paste.