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Cogumelos Marinados com Bacon (Portuguese Marinated Mushrooms with Bacon)

A recipe for Cogumelos Marinados com Bacon (Portuguese Marinated Mushrooms with Bacon) from the cookbook, My Lisbon. Mushrooms are simmered in vinegar with bacon, onion, and chile.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 4 Servings
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Portuguese

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces (250 grams) cremini mushrooms
  • 8 ounces (250 grams) button mushrooms
  • 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small white onion thinly sliced
  • 4 thin slices smoky bacon thinly sliced
  • Flaky sea salt and ground white pepper
  • 1 long red chile halved lengthwise
  • 5 tablespoons Chardonnay vinegar or other good quality white wine vinegar
  • 5 tablespoons sherry vinegar
  • extra-virgin olive oil to drizzle
  • Handful parsley leaves finely chopped

Instructions

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  1. Rinse the mushrooms under running water and drain them (they don't have to be perfectly dry, as a little excess water will help steam them).
  2. Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add the onion and bacon and cook for a few minutes, seasoning well with salt and pepper.
  3. Add the mushrooms, chile, and vinegars and stir well. Cover and simmer gently for 25 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and stir in a generous glut of extra-virgin olive oil.
  4. Once cool, mix in the parsley leaves and leave to marinate for a few hours at room temperature before eating.
  5. Drain off some of the liquid, if you like (the mushrooms can release quite a lot of liquid), and taste to check the seasoning.