Portabellas In Pita

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 medium portabella mushrooms, stems removed
• 4 pita bread rounds or 4 nane lavash bread, warmed
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 -3 cups mesclun
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 place the mushrooms, gill side up, on a baking sheet.
• 2 whisk together olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and salt.
• 3 pour mixture over mushrooms, making sure it pools up over gills.
• 4 allow to marinate for 30 minutes, turning a few times during marination and brushing the tops with marinade.
• 5 while mushrooms are marinating, whisk together ingredients for vinaigrette and set aside.
• 6 oil grill or skillet and cook mushrooms about 5 minutes per side, or until the have become slightly crispy.
• 7 toss mesclun with vinaigrette and set aside.
• 8 serve two mushrooms (one if they are very large) in warm pita bread or nane lavash (see taftoon - persian wholemeal flat bread), along with some dressed meslun.