Ottolenghi's mushroom steaks with butter bean mash

A slight adaptation of Yotam Ottolenghi's recipe for portobello mushroom steaks
with butter bean mash from his cookbook Flavour.

Servings: 4

Author: Sam Linsell

Prep Time:
10 minutes

Cook Time:
20 minutes

Instructions

1 Preheat the oven to 150°C fan.
2 Put all the ingredients for the steaks and 1 teaspoon of flaked salt into a
large ovenproof saucepan, for which you have a lid (I tossed everything together
to get the mushrooms coated). Arrange the mushrooms so they are domed side up,
then top them with a piece of parchment paper, pushing it down to cover all the
ingredients.
3 Cover with the lid, then transfer to the oven for 1 hour. Turn the mushrooms
over, replacing the paper and lid, and return to the oven for 20 minutes more (I
only cooked them for about 10 minutes as they were very well-cooked at this
time), or until the mushrooms are very tender but not falling apart. Use a pair
of tongs to transfer the mushrooms to a chopping board, then cut them in half
and set aside.
4 Use a spoon to remove the onion, garlic and chilli (discarding the stem) – don’t
worry if you scoop up some of the spices and oil. Put them into the small bowl
of a food processor and blitz until smooth.
5 Return the blitzed onion mixture to the saucepan, along with the mushroom
halves, and place on medium-high heat. Cook for about 5 minutes, for all the
flavours, to come together.
6 While the mushrooms are cooking, make the mash by putting the beans into a food
processor along with the lemon juice, olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon flaked salt and 2
tablespoons of water. Blitz until completely smooth.
7 Transfer to a medium saucepan and cook on medium-high heat for about 3 minutes,
stirring, until warmed through (I just popped it in the microwave for 2
minutes).
8 To serve, divide the butter bean mash between four plates. Top with four
mushroom halves per plate and spoon over a generous amount of the oil and its
accompanying aromatics (you won’t need all of it, though – see intro).

Ottolenghi's mushroom steaks with butter bean mash

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