Local Mushrooms with Poached Eggs and Radish

Recipe by Jason Kerr as he prepared it for one of their 'dinner on the farm' events. Photo by Nguyet Vo.

January 30, 2018

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 8 Serving(s)
  • ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
  • 1½–2 pounds mixed mushrooms (hen of the woods, portabella, trumpet or other exotic mushrooms such as oyster), broken into large pieces
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire
  • 2–3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2–3 colorful radish, such as watermelon or Easter Egg radish that you can get from a farmers market.
  • Coarse sea salt (or kosher salt), to taste
  • Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
  • 8 large eggs
  • 8 (2-inch-thick) slices brioche
  • 6 ounces fresh grated Gruyere cheese (use a Microplane if you have one)

Preparation

Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add garlic, don’t burn it. Add half of the mushrooms in a single layer and brown them on 1 side, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the remaining mushrooms, brown. Add fish sauce, stir and cook for a minute and add Worcestershire, cook for a minute and then stir butter in (save some butter for the toast). Turn off heat. Add parsley and mix in. Keep aside until ready.

Slice radishes paper thin on a mandoline. Watch your fingers! Bring 3 quarts of water, the vinegar and ½ tablespoon salt to a boil in a 4-quart saucepan over high heat. While the water heats, crack 4 of the eggs into separate cups or coffee mugs.

Reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer and then carefully slide eggs, 1 at a time, into the water. Poach the eggs until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the eggs to a plate lined with paper towels, leaving space between them. Repeat with the remaining eggs. Don’t trim away any scraggly bits of egg white.

Toast the brioche until golden-brown and butter it.

Position a slice of toast in the center of each plate, top generously with mushrooms and put an egg on top of each slice. Sprinkle the eggs lightly with salt and pepper. Arrange the mushrooms on the plates and divide the Gruyere on top.

Garnish with sliced radishes.

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 8 Serving(s)
  • ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
  • 1½–2 pounds mixed mushrooms (hen of the woods, portabella, trumpet or other exotic mushrooms such as oyster), broken into large pieces
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire
  • 2–3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2–3 colorful radish, such as watermelon or Easter Egg radish that you can get from a farmers market.
  • Coarse sea salt (or kosher salt), to taste
  • Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
  • 8 large eggs
  • 8 (2-inch-thick) slices brioche
  • 6 ounces fresh grated Gruyere cheese (use a Microplane if you have one)