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Gent, Flanders, Belgium
The 'Me' represented here as 'Il Mezzogiorno- cucina siciliana' is a team of entusiastic, exuberant and(probably) hedonistic italian cooks and not, with a passion for good food and wines and everything that brings joy and fulfilment of the senses... and soul! There is Michele the big boss. There is Dario the one responsible for the everyday cookings of the hot kitchen and Sonia (that's me) the one that makes the fresh pastas, desserts and other delicious things. We specialise in Sicilian and south Italian cuisine (with a hint of north here and there!), hence the name 'Il Mezzogiorno'. Sicilian, because Michele is sicilian and as every home-sick sicilian in the world he has recreated a piece of home away from home, in the small town of Gent in Belgium. We are not professionally trained chefs, but we hope we have, in time , learned from mothers and granmothers from books and television, secrets and tricks that we are happy to share with you in this blog. Hope you'll enjoy trying some of our recipies.

Crostini con funghi trifolati


I didn't know with what recepie restart my posting on the Mezzogiorno blog
but this morning while preparing brunch(lucky some!!!)
the sun hit the pan with the mushrooms garlic and thyme...........
I could not resist taking a photo!

So to make the crostini cut a few slices of good wholesome bread and toast it.
In a fryng pan put a couple of generous spoons of extra vergin olive oil,
a whole garlic clove and a sprig of thyme or sage if you like.
Cut in two the mushrooms or if you are going to use wild ones keep them whole( they'll look sexier in the plate!) and add them to the pan.
SauteƩ for a few minutes.....turn the mushrooms
and season with salt and pepper.

Rub the toasted bread(crostini) with the garlic........... put the mushroom on top and eat straight away.
I served this along with a poached egg some grilled bacon and Krissie's(the hub!) home made bread.

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