Oyster Mushroom Arepas!

So I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never had oyster mushrooms. I typically stick to white, crimini, shiitake, and portabellas. Part of the reason I enjoy testing so much is because it gives me the opportunity to try new things. I’ve been wanting to try oyster mushrooms so when I saw a recipe using them from Terry Hope Romero, I jumped on it and am so glad I did. I picked up these beauties at the farmer’s market this weekend:

Oyster Mushrooms

And after using the super secret tester recipe I got this:

Oyster Mushroom Arepas

Arepas are the Venezuelan equivalent of little fat tortillas or sopes, if you’ve had those. The filling is so tasty – oyster mushrooms are my new favorite!

Arepas

So be on the lookout for Terry’s upcoming book and go ahead, be adventurous and try something new – like me, you might discover that you actually love something that you haven’t tried before!

Now, what to do with all the squash…

7 Responses to “Oyster Mushroom Arepas!”

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1 Megan October 6, 2009 at 10:50 pm

Gorgeous!!
2 mellyeats October 6, 2009 at 11:14 pm

Okay, I absolutely hate mushrooms… but that looks delicious. Why can’t this book come out sooner?
3 Mo October 6, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Oh wow. I need to test those today!
4 kim g. October 7, 2009 at 12:20 am

Yum! I wish I had this for dinner tonight… your plating is so beautiful!
5 Melisser October 7, 2009 at 6:14 am

Oh wow, I loved the Arepas tester, but haven’t tried the mushroom one yet. Now I want to!
6 stellatex October 8, 2009 at 3:07 pm

These are beautiful. Also, I LOVE your banner.