Recipes
Cantella's Classics
Mushroom & Sausage Toasts
A great appetizer for friends with style!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound of fresh Italian sausage (removed from casings)
- 1/4 cup of onion (chopped)
- 11/2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 7 tablespoons of butter
- 3/4 pound of fresh mushrooms (thinly sliced)
- 1/2 teaspoon of crushed or chopped garlic
- 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of fresh orange juice
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup of Italian parsley (chopped)
- 14 slices of baguette style bread (cut into fi inch thick slices)
Directions
- In a medium-sized frying pan, cook the sausage, onion, and garlic in the olive oil and one tablespoon of the butter over medium-high heat for ten to twelve minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon to crumble the sausage.
- In another pan, melt three tablespoons of butter, and sauté the mushrooms for six to eight minutes.
- When the mushrooms are finished, add them back to the sausage and onions with the lemon juice, orange juice and salt and pepper to taste. (Save this pan; you’ll need it again in a few more minutes!)
- Reduce the heat and simmer for about five minutes.
- Stir in the parsley and keep warm.
- Melt the remaining butter in the pan you saved.
- Preheat the broiler. Place the rack six inches from heat source.
- Lightly dip the bread slices in the butter, one side only.
- Place the bread slices in the broiler, buttered side up, and broil until the tops begin to toast.
- Remove the bread slices from the broiler and spoon the hot sausage and mushrooms on the toasts.
- Let cool for a minute or two and serve warm.
Serves 6 to 8 Elegantly.