Tile-Caramelized Mushrooms

When I first started traveling in Turkey, cooking on unglazed ceramic roof tiles was a relatively obscure practice restricted to west-central Anatolia, where the tiles are made. Now, many years later, this type of peasant cooking has become all the rage throughout the country. Today lamb, steak, chicken, fish, and vegetables are baked this way. Sometimes the meat—or, in this case, mushrooms— is tossed with fresh tomatoes and peppers, which caramelize along with the main ingredient. Grated c