Pugliese Mushroom Hodgepodge

Recipe Ingredients

		Green Olive Pesto
1 1/2		Green olives - pitted (large)
1/2		Red onion - chopped
1/4 cup	59ml	Pinenuts
1		Garlic clove - thinly sliced
1/2 cup	118ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
		Hodgepodge
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Chanterelles - brushed clean,
		And cut in halves
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Cremini - brushed clean,
		And cut in halves
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Oyster mushrooms - brushed clean,
		And cut in halves
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Yellow foot mushrooms - brushed clean,
		And cut in halves
1/2		Red onion - thinly sliced (medium)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Crushed red chili flakes - (optional)
4		Scallions, green and white - cut 1" long pieces
2		Garlic cloves - thinly sliced
4		Canned plum tomatoes - cut in halves
1 cup	237ml	Basic Tomato Sauce - recipe follows
1 cup	237ml	Dry white wine
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
4		Italian peasant bread, 1" thick - grilled
1 cup	237ml	Green Olive Pesto - (listed above)

Recipe Instructions

To make the pesto: In a food processor, combine the olives, onion, pine nuts, and garlic, and blend for 1 minute. With the motor running, slowly add the olive oil until it forms a thick, smooth paste. Allow to stand 1/2 hour before using.

In a heavy 4-quart saucepan, place the chanterelles, crimini, oyster, and yellow foot mushrooms, the red onion, chili flakes, scallions, garlic, tomatoes, and tomato sauce and bring to a boil. Add wine after 8 minutes of cooking. Lower the heat so that the mixture simmers, partially covered, for 15 minutes.

In the meantime, preheat the grill or broiler.

After simmering, the mushroom mixture should be thick, like a ragu. Season the hodgepodge, to taste, with salt and pepper, and pour into a large, shallow serving bowl.

Toast the bread and smear with the green olive pesto. Stand the crostini at fun angles in middle of mushroom hodge-podge and serve immediately in center of table. Serve on top of grilled bread.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali - (Show # MB-2F34) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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