Recipe created by Lianne from "Food Made With Love". Bread used - White Pipe Loaf
Shrooms Delish
Ingredients
4 eggs, fried sunny side up
Pipe loaf, sliced into 1-inch slices (may substitute with Traditional Block Loaf)
1 clove of garlic, peeled and left whole
1 tbsp chives, chopped
Extra virgin olive oil to serve
For the Mushroom Ragout:
6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
150g pearl mushrooms
8 white button mushrooms, quartered
1/2 leek, halved lengthways & thinly sliced
2 cloves of garlic chopped
50g butter
2 tbs water
5 sprigs fresh chives, finely diced
2 tbs creme fraiche
Salt & pepper
For the Crispy Enoki Mushrooms:
100g enoki mushrooms
Vegetable oil for deep frying
Method
In a heavy-based pan, melt half of the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and leeks, and allow them to sweat and soften, stirring continuously. Do be careful not to burn it, as it will turn bitter. Add the mushrooms and fry till they get soft and tender
Add the rest of the butter and water, allow the mixture to simmer for 10 minutes and until the flavors have developed, and the sauce has thickened. Turn the heat off. Add in the chives and creme friache and stir it till well combined. Season with salt and pepper. Set it aside while preparing the other components
In small pot, add the vegetable oil and heat it over medium-high heat. Add the enoki mushrooms (in batches) and fry till they are golden and crispy. Remove from the oil, and place them on some paper towel to absorb the excess oil
In a preheated oven, toast the bread for 5 minutes, or until the bread is nice and crispy on the outside with a little golden brown on top. When you take it out of the oven, rub the clove of garlic on the bread, so that you have an instant garlic bread base
Place the thick toast on a plate. Then add the mushroom ragout, followed by the avocado salsa. Slowly place the fried egg on top of the stack, and top it off with some crispy fried enoki mushrooms. Garnish with chives and season with salt & pepper. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil
Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
1 ripe avocado, roughly diced
1/4 red onion, finely diced
4 pieces of sundried tomatoes, finely diced
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and Pepper to season
Method
In a large bowl, add the avocado, chopped red onions and sundried tomatoes with the olive oil and give it a good stir. Season with salt and pepper and set a side
