Common Sense Evaluation II

Phil Hansen paints a masterpiece with burger grease.

Retail Beef cuts and recommended cooking methods. Click to enlarge

Chef Elliot Prag of the Natural Gourmet Institute shows Sunita Reed how to make shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon and bring out their Umami flavor. ROASTED, CRISP SHITAKES Ingredients: • 1⁄2 pound shitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced • 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil • 1 teaspoon sea salt Cooking instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350°. 2. In a bowl combine the mushrooms, oil, and salt. 3. Spread mushrooms on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place in oven. 4. Roast mushrooms until dry and crisp, stirring about every 10 minutes, approximately 45 minutes to one hour. (Oven temperatures may vary.)