Baked Mushroom Bowls with Swiss Chard Mash
Tasty lemon butter mushrooms served with mash potatoes and swiss chard
Ingredients
For the mash
- 6 large baking potatoes
- 6 tbsp butter
- 125 ml full cream milk kept warm
- 1 medium white onion diced
- 200 g swiss chard roughly chopped
For the mushrooms
- 500 g mixed cultivated mushrooms
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic grated
- 6 sprigs fresh thyme
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
For serving
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- micro herbs or baby greens
Instructions
For the mash
- Peel potatoes and cut into large cubes.Transfer to a pot of cold water and rinse until the water runs clear.
- Cover potatoes with clean cold water and season generously with salt.Bring to a simmer.
- Cook until potatoes are completely tender.Drain in a colander and let steam dry for a minute.
- Use a potato ricer, food mill or hand held masher to mash the potatoes in their pot.Add the butter and fold in using a spatula.
- Pour in the hot milk and fold it into the potatoes.Season to taste.
For the swiss chard
- While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the swiss chard.Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion until soft.
- Add the swiss chard and sauté until barely wilted. Season.Fold the swiss chard through the mashed potatoes and keep warm.
For the mushrooms
- Preheat oven to 200˚C, fan on.Place the mushrooms in a large bowl.
- It is great to use a mix of mushrooms but keep the sizes similar for cooking.Keep small portabellinis whole and slice large browns into quarters etc.
- Drizzle the mushrooms with the melted butter.Add the lemon juice, garlic, thyme and chilli. Toss to coat well.
- Transfer to a large rimmed baking sheet and spread into a single layer.Roast for 10-15 minutes or until mushrooms release liquid and are golden brown.
- Carefully pour off the excess mushroom liquid to keep them from going soggy.(You can keep this for a delicious broth or stock or drizzle over the dish as a sauce)
- Serve the roasted mushrooms on a bed of the swiss chard mash.Top with some fresh herbs or baby greens and serve!