Mexi-mushroom tacos

Pre: 20 mins | Cooking time: 10 mins | Serves:  4

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 red onion, cut into wedges
  • 500g of Portobello or flat white mushrooms, thickly sliced; or 400g White cup mushrooms, thickly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons Old El Paso medium taco sauce
  • 2 ripe avocados, chopped
  • 3 teaspoons lime juice
  • 200g Perino tomatoes, diced
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced
  • Grilled flour tortillas, fresh coriander sprigs and lime wedges, to serve

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until softened. Transfer to a bowl. Heat remaining oil in same pan over high heat. Add mushroom. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 6 minutes or until well browned. Return onion to pan with Old El Paso medium taco sauce. Stir over low heat for 1 minute or until well combined.
  2. Meanwhile, dice avocado and lime juice in a bowl until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Combine tomato and cucumber in a bowl.
  3. To assemble, spread some avocado over tortillas. Top with mushrooms. Sprinkle with tomato mixture and coriander. Serve with lime wedges.
Chipotle Mushroom Tacos

Mushroom Pizza Omelette

Prep: 15 mins | Cooking time: 20 mins | Serves:  4

  • 8 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 3/4 pizza blend cheese
  • 80g brown cup mushrooms, sliced; or 80g white and brown button, or Swiss brown, sliced
  • ¼ green capsicum, sliced
  • 8 thin slices pepperoni salami
  • 4 pitted black olives, sliced
  • 5 Perino tomatoes, halved
  • Fresh basil leaves, to serve

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Grease a 25cm (base) tart tin and line base with baking paper. 
  2. Whisk eggs and milk in a large bowl until smooth. Add ½ cup cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Add to prepared tin. Bake for 5 minutes.
  3. Arrange mushroom, capsicum, salami, olives and tomato on top, without pushing into egg mixture (omelette is only partially cooked at this stage). Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake for another 10 minutes. Switch oven to grill. When grill is hot, cook omelette under grill for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Serve sprinkled with basil.

Mushroom Carpaccio

Cooking time: 15 mins | Serves:  6-8 (shared plate)

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
  • 2 teaspoons finely chopped capers
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 200g brown and white cup mushrooms, thinly sliced; or 200g white flat mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 20g baby rocket leaves
  • 20g thinly sliced prosciutto, torn
  • Toasted bread or baguette, to serve

  1. Place oil, capers, lemon juice and parsley in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
  2. Arrange mushrooms in a single layer on a large serving plate. Drizzle over dressing. Top with rocket, prosciutto and lemon zest. Serve with bread.

Cook’s note:

You can also make this recipe ahead of time. Dress mushrooms and store covered in the fridge for up to 3 hours. Add rocket and prosciutto when ready to serve.

Mushroom, Smashed Avocado & Feta Breakfast Bruschetta

Prep: 10 mins | Cooking time: 5 mins | Serves: 4

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
  • 200g white button mushroom, halved; or 200g Swiss brown cup mushrooms, quartered
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, plus extra sprigs to serve
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 4 large slices sourdough bread, toasted
  • 1 avocado
  • 60g smooth feta
  • 250g packet cocktail truss tomatoes, cut into bunches

1 Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add mushroom and thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, for 5-8 minutes, or until golden. Add garlic. Cook, stirring for 30 seconds. 

2 Meanwhile, roughly mash avocado and feta with a fork. Spread over bread. Spoon over mushroom mixture. Sprinkle with extra thyme. Serve drizzled with extra oil along with tomatoes.

Mushroom, Smashed Avocado and Fetta Bruschetta

Portobello Mushroom Pizza

  • 1/3 cup (80ml) extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 12 Portabella Mushrooms
  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 120g goat’s cheese
  • 1 cup small basil leaves
  • Salt and pepper, to season

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C Combine the oil with the garlic, salt and pepper. Spoon the mixture over the mushrooms on an oven tray lined with lightly greased foil.
  2. Roast mushrooms for 5 minutes, then top with the tomatoes and return to the oven for 5 minutes.
  3. Turn the grill onto high. Crumble over the goats’ cheese and place under the grill for 5 minutes or until the tomatoes and goats’ cheese is lightly golden.
  4. Remove from the oven. Scatter with the basil leaves and drizzle with oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Portobello Mushroom Baked Egg

  • 4 Portabella mushrooms, stems removed
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • Cocktail Truss tomatoes Roasted served with toast

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C fan forced.
  2. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  3. Add mushrooms & cocktail truss to tray, drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper.
  4. Cook mushrooms for 10 minutes or until slightly browned and cooked through.
  5. Remove and set aside the cocktail truss.
  6. Crack eggs into the centre of each mushroom.
  7. Return mushrooms to the oven for 10 minutes or until egg whites are cooked through.
  8. Salt & pepper to taste
  9. Serve with crusty toast