Sarah's Pickled Mushrooms
Sarah · 1980s · typewriter
15 min prep · 15 min cook
mushroompickledmarinadestartersnackmake-aheadvegetarian
Ingredients
- 1.2 onions, chopped
- 2.garlic, 1–2 cloves; crushed
- 3.30 millilitre oil, for frying
- 4.500 millilitre mushrooms, finely sliced
- 5.125 millilitre water
- 6.125 millilitre vinegar
- 7.2.5 millilitre salt
- 8.black pepper, ground; a good sprinkling
- 9.5 millilitre brown sugar
Method
- 1.Fry the onion and the garlic in the oil until limp.
- 2.Boil up the mushrooms in some water and immediately drain.
- 3.Boil up the vinegar and the water. Add the salt, pepper and sugar.
- 4.Put the fried onion and garlic and the oil it was fried in into a dish.
- 5.Stir in the mushrooms. Pour the vinegar mixture over. Marinade a day or two.
- 6.Serve on thinly sliced rye bread as a snack.
Notes
- Best made 1–2 days ahead. The mushrooms pickle gently in the vinegar mixture.
- Serve on thinly sliced rye bread as suggested on the card.