Mushrooms With Mortadella Mousse
Photo: Carmelita Caruana
Ingredients
100 grams (3 ½ ounces) Mortadella di Bologna I.G.P
50 mls (¼ cup) fresh cream
Balsamic Syrup (optional):
Washed dried salad leaves for serving
Preparation
1
Wipe the mushrooms clean; remove stalks and reserve for another use
2
Brown the mushrooms caps without using any fat on both side in a non stick pan. At a certain point liquid will from inside the caps: when it does turn them over so that it drains out. Continue till golden brown on both sides Remove from the pan and place upside down on a plate to drain off excess liquid.
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4
Empty the Mortadella mousse into a bowl; season with a little pepper only-- it is already salty enough.
5
Place the sugar and water in a pan and cook until almost all the water has evaporated. Let the sugar caramelise then deglaze the pan carefully with 40 ml of ordinary Balsamic Vinegar; "carefully" means you add just a little of the vinegar to being with as it will spit and sizzle when it hits the pan.
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Fill each cap with some of the Mortadella mousse, making a dome on top so there is lots of filling.
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Make a depression in the centre of the Mousse and drizzle the Balsamic reduction into this and on and around the mushroom caps.
Tools
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About
Classic Bolognese cusine.
It is best not to season the mushrooms. Adding salt produces too much watery liquid, and the Mortadella is already highly seasoned.
Yield:
4
Added:
Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 3:46pm