RECIPE | Black mushrooms with roasted Taleggio cheese & thyme

Mushrooms and cheese are always a winning combination. Serve this dish as a side, or a gourmet starter with chunks of warm artisanal bread

23 February 2017 - 16:00
By ANDREA BURGENER
Black mushrooms with roasted Taleggio & thyme.
Image: Roelene Prinsloo Black mushrooms with roasted Taleggio & thyme.

Serves: 4 as a starter or side dish

Ingredients:

8 black mushrooms

10ml (2 tsp) olive oil per mushroom

Salt

bunch spring onions, cut long and tossed in olive oil

8 thick slices good taleggio (or brie in a terrible emergency)

About 8 sprigs freshest thyme

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 200°C.

2) Rub each mushroom with olive oil, place them on an oven tray, then pour remaining olive oil evenly over them.

3) Roast for 15 minutes, remove from oven and salt according to taste.

4) Scatter the spring onion, taleggio and thyme over and between mushrooms. Roast again until cheese is melted right through.

5) Serve as is, piping hot or with big chunks of bread.