Best 9 Portabella Mushroom Caponata Recipes

MUSHROOM CAPONATA

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, saute green peppers and onion in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil for 10 minutes or until golden brown., Add half the mushrooms and remaining butter and oil; saute until tender. Remove onion mixture and set aside. Saute remaining mushrooms until tender. Return all to the pan. Cover and simmer over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. , Add the olives, vinegar, tomato paste, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, about 10 minutes., Serve warm or at room temperature with bagel chips or baguette slices.

PORTABELLA MUSHROOM CAPONATA

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and garlic.
• Sauté for five minutes.
• Stir in sugar, lemon juice and salt and cook for another minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in the raisins and pine nuts.
• Place mixture in a bowl and add basil.
• Serve warm or at room temperature on crostini (toasted French bread slices)**Note: To toast the pine nuts, place in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
• Stir constantly until they begin to turn golden brown.
• Remove from skillet immediately and allow to cool.

MUSHROOM CAPONATA

Steps:

• Chop the whole onion.
• Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet and saute the onion.
• Meanwhile wash, trim and seed green pepper; then chop, and add to the onion.
• Wash, trim and chop mushrooms and add to skillet. Cover and simmer over medium-high heat about 2 minutes.
• Pit and chop olives, and add to vegetables with oregano, sugar, tomato paste, water, vinegar, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to simmer; cover, and continue cooking another few minutes, until flavors are blended.

PASTA WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Trim hard parts from mushrooms and discard. Rinse mushrooms quickly to remove grit; cut caps into slices and stems into small chunks. Combine in a medium skillet with 1 clove garlic (crushed and peeled), thyme, olive oil and some salt and pepper. Cook over sufficiently low heat so that mixture bubbles but mushrooms do not brown. Continue to cook, stirring infrequently, until they are quite shrunken in size and appear firm, 30 to 45 minutes. (At this point, you can pause for several hours before resuming cooking.) If you are using porcinis, soak them in hot water to cover for a few minutes so that they soften.
• Set a large pot of water to boil for pasta and salt it. Mince remaining garlic. Turn heat under oil to medium, and add garlic to the portobellos along with the drained porcinis. Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic begins to color. Add tomatoes and raise heat to medium high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they break up and become saucy, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta until it is tender but not mushy. Taste sauce and adjust its seasoning. When pasta is done, drain it, toss with sauce, top with Parmesan, and serve.

ULTRA LIGHT PORTABELLA MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 4 tablespoons of butter in a pan on medium heat. Saute onions until softened, about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and thyme, and cook for an additional 2 minutes while constantly stirring.
• Stir in chopped mushrooms and any fragments from the sliced mushrooms (the best slices of the baby bella mushrooms are reserved for later use). Stir in thoroughly to coat with the contents of the pan. Stir occasionally for 20 minutes, allowing some moisture to evaporate from the mushrooms.
• Add stock to the pan and lower heat to medium-low. Cook for half an hour uncovered.
• Pour contents of the pan into a blender and puree until is achieves desired consistency. Return to the pan and add milk. Season with salt and pepper, adjusting to taste.

EASY PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM SAUTE

Steps:

• Warm 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic flavored olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onions and mushrooms; reduce heat to low, and cook until the mushrooms are soft and blackened and the onions are black around the edges. (Add additional olive oil as needed.) Turn the heat off, drizzle with 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle generously with Parmesan and Asiago cheeses.

STUFFED PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Brown sausage in a skillet. Drain.
• Add in a mixing bowl the cheeses, onion, tomatoes, basil, black pepper, and chili sauce. Mix well.
• Combine the sausage with the above ingredients. Mix well.
• Spray cooking pan with non - stick spray.
• Place mushrooms with the top down in the pan and drizzle a sm. amount olive oil over the mushrooms.
• Into the center of the mushrooms add the sausage mixture.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.

GARLICKY PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Sauté the mushrooms in olive oil until browned on one side, 4-6 minutes.
• Turn and add the garlic, salt and pepper.
• Sauté for another 2 minutes, add the parsley and cover the pan.
• Turn off the heat and serve immediately Garnished with a little chopped fresh parsley, if desired.

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS STUFFED WITH EGGPLANT AND GORGONZOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange mushrooms, rounded side down, on large baking sheet. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Sauté until eggplant is soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in red wine and simmer until liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir in Gorgonzola cheese and 1 tablespoon basil. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into mushroom caps. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover mushrooms with aluminum foil. Bake mushrooms for 15 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until cheese melts, filling bubbles and mushrooms are tender when pierced with sharp knife, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle mushrooms with remaining 1 tablespoon basil and serve warm.