RECIPE :: Hijiki stuffed mushrooms

(makes 20 canapés)

Seaweed stuffed into these small beautiful nutty mushrooms will make for a wonderful mouth sized canapé that is filled with oriental flavours.

Ingredients
20g of hijiki,
20 small chestnut mushrooms,
1tbsp of sesame oil,
1 medium onion (finely chopped),
1tsp of ginger juice,
1tsp of mirin,
1tbsp of brown rice vinegar,
1tbsp of tamari and
1tsp of lemon juice.

Method
1) Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4 / 180C / 350F.
2) Re-hydrate the hijiki.
3) Remove the mushroom stems and cut the stems in half along its diagonal and set aside.
4) Fry the onion with the sesame oil over a low/medium heat for 8 minutes.
5) Mince the re-hydrated hijiki and mix with all non-mushroom based ingredients.
6) Stuff the seaweed mix into the mushrooms and put two stem pieces over the top. Bake for 20-25 minutes.