Marinated Morels

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 2 tablespoons cooking sherry dry
• 2.5 cups common mushrooms fresh
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 6 servings bell pepper 
• 6 servings salt 
• 0.3 cup shallots thinly sliced

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan

Directions

1. Add olive oil and butter to a 10- to 12-inch frying pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add shallots and stir often until limp, about 2 minutes.
3. Add rinsed and drained fresh morel or sliced common mushrooms (halve smaller morels; quarter larger ones); stir just until they begin to release their juices, 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Add dry sherry and stir often until evaporated.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. Pour mushrooms into a small bowl and stir in 1 tablespoon white truffle oil (optional).
7. Let stand for at least 1 hour or cover and chill up to 1 day.