Shaved Fennel And Wild Mushroom Salad Recipes

MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Toss 1 pound thinly sliced button mushrooms with 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 2 tablespoons each chopped parsley, dill and chives in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper.

SHAVED FENNEL SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place bread on one side of a rimmed baking sheet and walnuts on the other side (they cook at different rates). Drizzle bread with 3 Tbsp. oil; season with salt. Toss, squeezing bread with your hands to help it absorb as much oil as possible, until evenly coated. Bake until walnuts are golden brown and croutons are deeply browned and very crisp, 8-10 minutes for walnuts, 12-15 minutes for croutons. Let cool, then coarsely chop walnuts.
• Meanwhile, combine vinegar, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a medium bowl. Let sit 10 minutes to let garlic mellow and flavor the vinegar.
• Whisk 3 Tbsp. oil into vinegar mixture, then add croutons and chopped walnuts. Season crouton mixture with some salt and toss to coat and let croutons soften slightly; set aside.
• Remove stalks and fronds from fennel bulbs. Remove fronds from stalks and coarsely chop; thinly slice stalks. Place in a large bowl. Cut fennel bulbs in half and thinly slice on a mandoline (if you have one; if not, practice your knife skills). Add to same bowl along with mint. Zest lemon half over salad, then squeeze in juice. Season with salt and toss to combine.
• Divide reserved crouton mixture among plates and top with half of the Parmesan. Arrange fennel salad over; top with remaining Parmesan and drizzle with oil.

SHAVED FENNEL SALAD

Steps:

• With a mandoline or vegetable peeler, cut the fennel, cucumber and apple into very thin slices. Transfer to a large bowl; toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Top with radishes and reserved fennel fronds to serve.

SHAVED FENNEL, MUSHROOM AND PARMESAN SALAD

Steps:

• Use a fork to whisk the lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl. Using a mandoline or sharp knife, slice the mushrooms very thin. Put them in a serving bowl and toss with about 2 teaspoons of the olive oil mixture.
• Chop enough of the fennel fronds to make about 2 tablespoons (reserve the rest for another use). Trim the tops and bottoms from the fennel bulbs and halve the bulbs; slice off most of the core (leaving on a bit helps keep the bulb intact). Using the mandoline, shave the fennel bulbs almost paper thin from the root to the top end right over the mushrooms. Add the fennel fronds and the lemon zest; season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine.
• Shave the Parmesan over the salad using a vegetable peeler. Drizzle the remaining olive oil mixture around the edge of the bowl and toss everything gently but well to combine.

FENNEL AND MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Put the shallot and vinegar in a ramekin, and set aside to macerate.
• Cut the fingers off the fennel bulb, and discard, and then peel the bulb. Slice the bulb very thinly into rings. Toss with the mushroom slices, and parsley leaves. Dress the mixture with olive oil, and season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, to taste. Serve with Parmesan curls on top.

WILD MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• The stems and caps of the mushrooms are used for different parts of the recipe, so separating them is the first step. Take a knife and cut the stems from the caps of all the different mushroom varieties, put the caps in one bowl, and the stems in another. Next we make a stock by placing all the mushroom stems into a pot, along with the bay leaves, white peppercorns, teaspoon of salt and water. Bring that to a heavy boil, and let reduce. All of this needs to reduce to 1/4 of a cup of finished stock, so patience is needed. After about 15 to 20 minutes on high heat, take the stock and pour through a fine strainer, if 1/4 cup of liquid is left, discard the pulp and save the liquid off to one side. Take the mushroom caps, and slice them. Add the sliced mushroom caps and saute in butter until tender. Then add in the shallots and garlic, and only saute for about another minute, or until the shallots and garlic are translucent. Pull the saute pan off the stove, and add the curry powder, fresh herbs, red bell peppers, oils, rice vinegar, pinch of salt and pepper, and mushroom stock. Pour this mixture into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap, and let sit in a warm place for 1 hour, to allow all the flavors and aromas of the stock to infuse into the mushrooms. Strain this salad, and serve the mushrooms on one plate, and save the stock as a dressing.

MEAN CHEF'S SHAVED FENNEL, MUSHROOM AND PARMESAN SALAD

Steps:

• Wash and trim fennel bulbs- cut away feathery tops and root end.
• Using a vegetable slicer or mandolin, slice the fennel as thinly as possible and scatter over a plate or platter.
• Drizzle with 2 tbl of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Shave mushrooms into paper thin slices and scatter over fennel.
• Season with more salt and pepper, a squeeze of lemon juice and the remaining olive oil.
• With a cheese slicer or vegetable peeler, shave about 30 thin slivers of parmesan on top of the fennel and mushrooms.
• Serve immediately.

SHAVED FENNEL AND PARMESAN SALAD

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, combine the lemon juice with the salt and pepper and whisk in the olive oil.
• Using a sharp knife or the slicing attachment on a food processor, slice the fennel bulbs wafer-thin, cutting from the base to the tip to make fanlike slices. Place the fennel in the lemon vinaigrette and toss.
• Tear the radicchio leaves into bite-size pieces and toss with the fennel. Divide between 4 salad plates. Then, using a vegetable peeler, shave the Parmesan cheese into thin sheets, sprinkle on each plate and serve.

FENNEL AND MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Squeeze 1 tablespoon of lemon juice into serving bowl and whisk with oil.
• Trim and wash fennel, removing top. Wash and thinly slice bulb end to make 1 1/2 cups. Stir into dressing.
• Wash, trim and dry mushrooms. Slice thinly and add to dressing.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper; arrange on two salad plates.
• Thinly slice Parmigiano to make 1/4 cup, and sprinkle on top of each salad.

SHAVED FENNEL AND WILD MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Combine the lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl. (Preferably, this salad should be prepared right before serving.) Season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Using a mandoline or a sharp, thin-bladed knife, slice the fennel as thin as possible. Place in a bowl. Toss with 2 tablespoons of the lemon and olive oil mixture.
• Scatter the fennel loosely over part of a serving platter. Using the mandoline or knife, slice the mushrooms in thin, almost transparent cross sections. Strew the mushrooms over the fennel pieces. Using a potato peeler or knife blade, make shavings of Parmesan. Scatter them over the mushrooms. Drizzle the remaining lemon and oil over the layers. Grind additional pepper over the top. Serve on a platter, leaving room for the vegetable salads below.