Grilled Walnut Olive-Bread With Exotic Mushrooms

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by Steven Raichlen·published 1989-07-19

ItalianPizza And Calzones, Appetizer

Servings

8 servings

Total time

20 min

prep 15 min

Calories / serving

276 kcal

Ingredients (8)

serves

1 loaf walnut-olive bread (see recipe)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oilolive-oil
2 pounds assorted fresh exotic mushrooms (chanterelle, shiitake, portobello, cremini, oyster or black trumpet)
1 small clove garlic, mincedgarlic
Salt and freshly ground black peppersalt-and-pepper
8 sprigs flat-leaf parsleyparsley
8 lemon wedgeslemon
1/4 pound Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese for shaving on topparmesan

Instructions (3 steps)

01Preheat the grill until it is quite hot.
02Cut the bread into 8 3/4-inch-thick slices. Lightly brush each slice with olive oil. Wash and trim the mushrooms. Thread the mushrooms on skewers by size (large ones together on one skewer, small ones on another). Brush the mushrooms with oil, and sprinkle with garlic, salt and pepper.
03Just before serving, grill the mushrooms over high heat for 1 to 2 minutes per side, or until cooked. Grill the bread slices for 30 seconds per side, or until toasted. Put the bread on warm plates, and top each slice with with mushrooms. Garnish with parsley sprigs, lemon wedges and thin shavings of cheese.

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