If you like, trim the stems of the mushrooms even with the caps—they will look neater that way. Save the stems for vegetable stock or chop them for a vegetable soup. The mushrooms keep for a few days in the refrigerator. If you want to keep them longer, top them off with enough oil and vinegar to cover them completely. The oil will float to the top and seal out air. They’ll keep a couple of weeks like this.
Choose firm, unblemished mushrooms without exposed gills for this preparation. They will look nicer after pickling.
Recipe information
Yield
makes 3 cups
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Wash the mushrooms in a sieve briefly under cold water. Dry them well. Bring 3/4 cup of the vinegar, the water, garlic, bay leaves, and peppercorns to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Add the mushrooms, return the liquid to a boil, and cook 2 minutes. Let cool.
Step 2
When cool, transfer the entire mixture to a clean 1-quart jar with a tight-fitting lid. Pour in the olive oil, add a couple healthy pinches of salt, then pour in enough of the remaining white-wine vinegar to come to the top of the mushrooms, about 1 cup. Shake the jar well and marinate the mushrooms in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. Bring to room temperature and pick out and discard the peppercorns before you serve the mushrooms.
