Revisiting the Tomato-Mozzarella-Mushroom Appetizer

Posted on 25 February 2008 under Canadian Food, Chefs, Corrections, Food on TV, Recipes | 5 Comments

One of the more popular recent posts here on Luna Pier Cook has been Eat This Blog: Tomato-Mozzarella-Mushroom Appetizer. If you look back at that post this morning you’ll find Chef Daniele Palanca, who’d made the dish on an episode of The Great Canadian Food Show I’d seen, has left a comment offering a couple corrections to how I’d made the dish:

The only correction to the recipe you posted was the mushroom component. I don’t place mushrooms but instead thinly sliced fresh truffles. I also place basil under the buffalo mozzarella.

Thank you, Chef! While I could probably locate decent truffles around here somewhere, I’m not so sure buffalo mozzarella would be so easy to locate! Fresh basil is also simple to find, at Ciolino’s over on Lewis Ave., so that’s not an issue. I’d have to likely contact someone at the Michigan Bison Association to find out if buffalo mozzarella is available in Michigan but it doesn’t seem that way. For now, I’ll stick with John Aylward’s handmade mozzarella from the Boulevard Market over in Tecumseh.

Mary’s visited Leamington, Ontario once, and I’ve always loved visiting the province. I think this summer she and I need to head over there for a visit of the city of Leamington together. It seems to be a rather excellent idea.