Crescenza Stack
- 12 fingerling or creamer potatoes, 2/12 to 3 ounces each
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 2 large portobello mushrooms (1 pound total)
- 6 ounces Crescenza or other flavorful melting cheese
- 2 cups lightly packed young peppery greens such as watercress, upland cress and/or arugula
- Rice Vinegar-Sesame Vinaigrette, recipe follows
- Red and yellow peppers, diced tiny and blanched
- Basil oil or fruity olive oil
- Scrub the potatoes well, pat dry and then lightly coat with olive oil and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper.
- Roast potatoes in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until just cooked through.
- Cool and quarter lengthwise.
- Remove stem and scrape black gills from the portobellos.
- Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Grill, pan grill or roast until just cooked through.
- Cool and slice each mushroom into 12 thick slices.
- To construct a stack lightly oil a baking sheet and arrange 4 quarters of potato interspersed with 3 slices of mushroom side by side in the same direction.
- Top with a half ounce or so of cheese and then arrange another layer at right angles to the first.
- Finish with a top layer of potatoes and a dollop of cheese.
- Construct 3 more stacks in the same manner.
- When ready to serve, place baking sheet in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 6 to 8 minutes to heat vegetables through and barely melt the cheese.
- While vegetables are heating toss the greens with vinaigrette.
- Place a stack on a heated plate and top with a quarter of the dressed greens.
- Scatter the diced peppers around and drizzle the plate with the basil oil.
- Serve immediately.
creamer potatoes, olive oil, salt, portobello mushrooms, melting cheese, arugula, vinegar, red, basil oil
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/crescenza-stack-recipe.html (may not work)