Shittake Mushroom dip

You have to take a break from hommous every now and then don't you? Though the Bamix eventually gets a little itchy for some blending.

What's in the fridge?

What's in the fridge?

Hmm....some nice shittake mushrooms, and a bag of fruity brown gilled mushrooms too...

Mushroom dip....yumm....

The following is how The VegHead would make it next time, as the first time it ended up a little sloppier than the ideal consistency.

Need to find in your fridge:

• 4 to 6 large shittake mushrooms, chopped
  
• an equal amount of open gilled "standard" mushrooms, chopped
  
• an equal amount of pine nuts (by volume), fairly finely crushed
  
• 2 thin slices of red onion
• 1 small clove of garlic
• olive oil
• teaspoon of dark sesame oil
• teaspoon of mirin
• 1/2 teaspoon of tamari
• tablespoon of tahini
• ground pepper

きのこののり作成方式 (*)

• Lightly sauté the shittake mushrooms together with the garlic, onion and pepper in a little olive oil
• Blend the cooked shittake mushrooms etc together with the raw mushrooms.
• Add the nuts, and the sesame oil, mirin, tamari and tahini. Continue blending to a smooth paste

Store in a covered container in the fridge, lightly drizzled with a little more olive oil. Try to finish it within 3 days of making.

* Roughly translates as "The method of making mushroom paste"