Japanese mushroom pate with spring onion

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
200gramsShiitake mushrooms
200gramsFlat mushrooms
100gramsSpring onion; finely diced
100gramsCream cheese; vegetarian
50gramsShallots; chopped
2Cloves garlic; chopped
30millilitresOlive oil
50millilitresJapanese soy sauce
25millilitresJapanese rice vinegar
25millilitresSake or sherry
10gramsGinger; finely grated
10gramsDark brown sugar

Directions

MARINADE

Place the mushrooms on a baking tray and brush with 20ml of olive oil.

Season and bake for 15 minutes until soft.

Place the Japanese marinade ingredients in a bowl and put in the mushrooms, allow to marinate for 4 hours.

Heat in a saucepan the remaining olive oil and cook the garlic and shallots until tender. Remove from the marinade the flat mushrooms and half of the shiitake mushrooms and retain half of the shiitake mushrooms.

Drain well and place in a food processor and add the shallots and garlic, cream cheese and puree.

Season with salt and pepper and mix in the chopped coriander and the chopped spring onion.

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