Mushrooms Marinated with Olive Oil, Vinegar, and Tarragon

Champignons Marinés à l’Estragon

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    Side-Dish
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About

I’ve never been a big fan of raw mushrooms. When encountered in health food restaurant salads, they always seem spongy and tasteless. But when mushrooms are marinated with a little good olive oil and vinegar, their flavor blossoms. And they are magical with fresh tarragon. If you can’t find fresh tarragon, use parsley instead. I prefer cremini to regular white cultivated mushrooms because cremini contain less water, have more flavor, and are often the same price or just slightly more expens