Marinated Mushroom and Roast Pumpkin Salad
This salad is delicious and refreshing and is a colourful starter course.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 150 grams woodland mushrooms best to choose a mixture (see note)
- 2 garlic cloves
- bunch thyme
- 1 small pumpkin like a Red Kuri squash (see note)
- handful pumpkin seeds
- colourful mixed salad like oak leaf, spinach, and radicchio
Instructions
- To prepare the marinated mushrooms, use a jar with a lid or a bowl you can close with a plate or clingfilm.
- Clean your mushrooms and let them dry completely.
- Fry them for a couple of minutes in a pan with a bit of olive oil.
- Add them to the bowl and cover them completely with good-quality olive oil, some sprigs of thyme, two garlic cloves and a splash of vinegar.
- Swirl the marinade around gently, close the jar and put it in the fridge overnight.
- You can make more than needed, as they will keep a couple of weeks if refrigerated. They are also delicious on a roast slice of bread.
- Peel the pumpkin, discard the insides and prepare small-ish cubes. Season with some sea salt and pepper.
- Roast them in olive oil (be careful not to turn the heat up too much as olive oil burns easily) until they are nice and golden brown on the outside and sufficiently cooked on the inside (try one to make sure..).
- Take out the pieces of pumpkin and add the seeds to the pan.
- The seeds should pop open a little and be extra delicious.
- Use some of the flavoured oil from the mushroom jar and decant it into a bowl.
- Add a small spoon of grainy mustard, salt and pepper, and stir to make a vinaigrette.
- Arrange the washed salad leaves on each plate.
- Add some of the marinated mushrooms and warm roast pumpkin. Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds over, and using a spoon, drizzle over some extra vinaigrette.
Notes
Pumpkin: Red kuri squash is called potimarron in France; alternatively, a nice slice of Muscat squash works well, too.
Mushrooms: I used chestnut mushrooms and chanterelles.
We've served this dish with our Mirabeau Classic, which beautifully complements the dish's rustic sweet and umami flavours, but any Rosé from the Mirabeau range would be well suited.
Wishing you bon appétit!
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