Roasted Mushrooms with Garlic, Thyme, and Balsamic Vinegar

Washed and cut up mushrooms are tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper. I used brown Crimini mushrooms, which were especially good cooked this way.

Line a roasting pan with foil, then arrange mushrooms in a single layer and roast at 400F/200C for 15 minutes. (My mushrooms were definitely a bit crowded, but I wanted to use the toaster oven. Spread them out as much as you can.) If you're roasting mushrooms on a grill, I'd cook at medium high.

While the mushrooms roast, wash and finely chop fresh thyme leaves to make 2 T chopped thyme.

Mix the chopped thyme with minced garlic, balsamic vinegar, and a tiny dash of olive oil.

After mushrooms have cooked for 15 minutes, drain off any liquid, then toss mushrooms with thyme-garlic mixture. Place back on foil-covered pan and roast 10 minutes more. Serve hot, sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley if desired.

(Makes 4 side-dish servings, recipe adapted slightly from Vegetables Every Day by Jack Bishop.)


1 lb. mushrooms (I used brown Crimini mushrooms)
2 T + 1 tsp. LunaOlivo Mission olive oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 T finely minced garlic
1 T LunaOlivo Modena balsamic vinegar
2 T finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 T chopped fresh parsley (optional, for garnish)

Preheat oven to 400F/200C or heat gas or charcoal grill to medium high. Wash mushrooms, pull out stems, and cut into halves (or quarters if the mushrooms are large.) Put mushrooms into bowl and toss with 2 T olive oil, salt, and fresh ground black pepper. Cover a roasting pan with foil, then arrange mushrooms on the pan in a single layer. (Spread them out as much as you can. For cooking on a grill, I'd probably use heavy foil to make a "pan" so the flame doesn't turn the bottom of the roasting pan black.)


Roast mushrooms 15 minutes. While mushrooms cook, finely chop fresh thyme, then mix with minced garlic, balsamic vinegar, and the tsp. of olive oil. (You could mix this right in the bowl you originally tossed the mushrooms with.)


After 15 minutes, drain off any liquid that has accumulated. (If you spread the mushrooms out well, the liquid will evaporate, but if yours are too crowded like mine, you'll have a little liquid to pour off.) Then toss the hot mushrooms with they garlic-thyme mixture. Arrange back on roasting pan and cook about 10 minutes more. Serve hot, sprinkled with chopped fresh parsley if desired.