Sautéed Giant Puffball Dice with Dill and Tomato

Name: Sautéed Giant Puffball Dice with Dill and Tomato
Yield: Serves 4 as a side dish
Ingredients: 1-pound giant puffball; 1 pound ripe tomatoes; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 2 teaspoons rice vinegar; Pepper; About 3 tablespoons minced dill; 1 large garlic clove, halved; 2 strips lemon zest; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 2001

About

Large puffball dice seasoned with garlic-lemon oil and gilded in a dry pan wind up looking more like fried mozzarella than mushrooms. The puffy pieces are tossed with tomato dice and dill for a touch of moisture, color, and herbal freshness.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large garlic clove, halved
2 strips

Side dish
Vegan

Method

Combine oil, garlic, and zest in small microwavable dish. Cover with paper towel and heat on low power until very fragrant, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, heat over lowest heat in tiny pan on stovetop.) Dissolve ¼ teaspoon salt in vinegar and add to oil.
Rinse puff