Kérinou slices

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 slices, you will need:

• 1 1 courgette
• 2 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 thyme
• 4 200 g mushrooms
• 5 parsley
• 6 1 spring onion (scallion)
• 7 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 4 slices bread
• 9 4 slices smoked ham
• 10 200 g cheese
• 11 salt
• 12 pepper
• Total weight: 1,185 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
35 min.	30 min.	60 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1:

  Prepare the toppings

  Prepare 1 courgette and slice fairly thinly.
• 2: Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat.
  When really hot, add the courgette slices and sauté for a few minutes.
  After cooking, they should still be reasonably firm. Salt, pepper and scatter with thyme. Set aside.
• 3: Prepare and chop 200 g mushrooms.
  Coarsely chop parsley leaves.
  Peel, wash and finely chop 1 spring onion (scallion).
• 4: Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into the same pan as before on high heat. When hot, add the chopped onion.
  Cook for 1 minute without colouring.
• 5: Add the chopped mushrooms and mix well...
• 6: ...then sauté for a few minutes. The mushrooms should just begin to brown.
• 7: At the end of cooking, salt and pepper then add the chopped parsley.
  Take off the heat and set aside.
• 8:

  Prepare and cook the slices

  Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
  Lay 4 slices bread on a baking sheet.
• 9: Divide the courgettes between the slices...
• 10: ...then add the mushrooms...
• 11: ...and top with the ham and cheese cut into slivers.
• 12: Cook in the oven for 10 to 20 minutes, until the cheese has melted and is starting to brown.
  Serve immediately.

Remarks

Kérinou is a district of Brest, in the Brittany region of northwest France. In keeping with the spirit of the recipe, try to use a French "tome" cheese if possible, preferably from Brittany.
If you like a little more crunch, you can toast the bread before adding the toppings.

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