Sourdough Mushroom Toast
Sourdough is gorgeous and delicious and carries more complex flavours than those commercially packed yeasted bread. The base of the toasted sourdough is blanketed with a homemade paneer spread. The recipe for this paneer spread is a keeper. You will want to cherish it, once you make it at home. It is healthier in comparison to any other high-fat commercially sold spreads. It can be made fresh at home within 10 minutes anytime. It goes with many other snacks and sandwiches. It is tasteful, creamy, yum and is quite a felicitous spread.
Servings: 2 people
Equipment
- 1 grilling pan
- 1 Cooking Pan
Ingredients
- 1 pack button mushrooms
- 5-6 cloves of garlic (chopped)
- salt to taste
- a handful of fresh coriander
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
For paneer spread
- 1/2 cup fresh paneer
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 25 ml lemon juice
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp Shezwan sauce https://amzn.to/3OuFDaI
- fresh salad greens
- slices of sourdough bread
- 2 tbsp butter https://amzn.to/3tW8M70
Instructions
- Wash and wipe the mushrooms with a clean kitchen towel. Cut the mushroom length-wise. In a pan drizzle some oil and add the mushrooms. Make sure to take a bigger pan, so the mushrooms don’t crowd. Keep the flame on medium high, when cooking mushrooms, and actively stir them for even browning.
- Add the minced garlic and cook further on medium-low flame. Make sure not to burn the garlic. Add the salt. Cook till you see no moisture seeping out of the mushrooms. Turn off the flame and set it aside.
For the paneer spread
- Make fresh paneer at home. The paneer should be soft and creamy. If you are not sure how to make creamy soft paneer at home, feel free to take the fresh paneer from a dairy near you. Add the paneer to a blender along with garlic cloves, lemon juice, salt, sugar, and Shezwan sauce. Blend till it's creamy and nice. Take a small size blender for making this spread. In a bigger jar of a blender, the ingredients don’t emulsify very well. Do check the seasoning and adjust, if required.
To assemble
- Add little butter to a pan and toast the slice of sourdough bread on both sides. The more generous you will go with the butter, the more delicious the toast will be. Carefully toast the slice on both sides without blurring. Transfer the slice to a plate and spread a thick layer of homemade paneer spread. Add some fresh greens and top with prepared mushrooms. Enjoy it hot!