Marinated Portobello Mushrooms With Provolone Food

SAVANNAH'S BEST MARINATED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a baking dish, mix the wine, olive oil, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, and garlic. Place mushroom caps upside down in the marinade, and marinate 15 minutes.
• Cover dish, and transfer to the preheated oven. Bake 25 minutes. Turn mushrooms and continue baking 8 minutes.

PORTABELLA AND PROVOLONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper together; set aside.
• Moisten a paper towel and wipe the mushrooms to remove dirt.
• Cut out the stems and the gills; place the mushrooms in a glass dish, round side up; pour the oil mixture over the mushrooms, rubbing it in with your fingers; turn the mushrooms and lightly sprinkle the insides with salt and pepper; marinate for 10 minutes.
• Remove the mushrooms from the marinade and place on a baking sheet, rounded side up.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until they begin to brown and shrink a bit.
• Turn the mushrooms and bake 10-12 minutes, or until some of the liquid has surfaced and the mushrooms have browned further.
• Remove from oven; let sit until cool enough to handle.
• Mix the cheeses and oregano together in a bowl.
• Scatter the cheese mixture evenly over the inside of 4 mushroom caps, followed by a tomato slice; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, and place the remaining 4 mushroom caps on top, rounded side up.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes; put the mushroom sandwiches in the skillet (in batches if needed), cover, and cook 3-5 minutes, or until the undersides are dark brown and the cheese has begun to melt.
• Uncover, and turn the mushroom sandwiches, pressing firmly with a spatula to flatten them slightly.
• Cover and cook 2-3 minutes or until the undersides have turned a shade or two darker and the cheese has melted completely; let cool slightly and cut in half; serve.

MARINATED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS WITH ROASTED PEPPER VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients. Arrange mushroom caps in a single layer in a non- reactive shallow pan. Pour marinade over mushrooms, cover and marinate for 1 hour, turning mushrooms several times.
• Using a blender, blend vinaigrette ingredients until smooth. Taste for seasoning.
• Heat a clean griddle or skillet and wipe down with an oiled cloth. Remove mushrooms from marinade, place in skillet and use a weight to press down on them. Sear them about 1 minute on each side, or until tender. Transfer mushrooms to a cutting board, slice thin and drizzle with red pepper vinaigrette.

MARINATED AND GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat grill or grill pan.
• Clean mushrooms and lay with gills up in a shallow baking pan. In a bowl combine olive oil, butter, red pepper flakes, garlic, wine and zest. Whisk to combine and pour over mushrooms. Marinate mushrooms at room temperature for 20 minutes, turning once. Pat mushrooms dry and place gill side up in grill pan. Grill slowly for about 20 minutes, then turn and grill for about 5 to 10 minutes more. Slice and serve with polenta. Garnish with chopped parsley.

MARINATED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• In a nonporous glass dish or bowl, combine the mushrooms, vinegar, rosemary, and salt and pepper. Stir to coat. Cover, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat grill for high heat.
• Brush grate with oil, and arrange marinated mushrooms on hot grill. Turn after 2 to 3 minutes, and continue grilling until mushrooms are heated through and look wilted and black. Serve hot off the grill.

GRILLED PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS WITH GARLIC, CHEESE AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Trim the stems off the mushrooms.
• Using a moist paper towel, wipe the caps clean.
• Using a sharp object, such as the tip of a metal skewer, poke a series of holes in the gill side of the mushroom caps.
• Insert garlic slivers in some holes, cheese slivers in others, rosemary leaves in others, and pine nuts in the remaining holes.
• Combine 1/2 cup vinegar and the salt and pepper in a mixing bowl and whisk until the salt is dissolved.
• Whisk in the oil and the basil.
• Pour some of the mixture in the bottom of a nonreactive baking dish and arrange the portobellos in it, gill side up.
• Swish the mushrooms to coat the bottom with marinade.
• Spoon the remaining marinade over the mushrooms, cover and refrigerate for as little as 30 minutes or as long as 3 hours.
• Preheat grill to high.
• When ready to cook, remove the mushroom caps from marinade.
• Strain the marinade if the basil looks wilted.
• Whisk the remaining 2 tablespoons of vinegar into the marinade.
• Arrange the mushrooms on the grill grate, gill side down.
• Grill for 3 minutes.
• Turn over and spoon the reserved marinade onto the caps.
• Continue grilling until browned and tender,(reducing heat if necessary) 4 to 6 minutes, rotating the caps 45 degrees after 2 minutes to create a crosshatch of grill marks.
• Remove from grill and serve immediately.