Ingredients

  • 2 baguettes, halved across, split and some of the soft insides removed
  • 4 tablespoons sherry vinegar
  • 2 rounded tablespoons spicy mustard
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 8 portobello mushroom caps, stems removed and wiped clean with damp cloth
  • Coarse salt and coarse black pepper
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley, a generous handful
  • 6 cups, a package, deveined triple washed spinach, coarsely chopped
  • 3/4 pound manchego cheese (common Spanish sharp table cheese, available in the specialty cheese case) thinly sliced or sharp cheddar may be substituted
  • 4 piquillo peppers, pimientos or roasted red peppers, patted dry and cut into strips

Method

  • Preheat a grill pan to medium high heat or prepare outdoor grill.
  • Turn the oven on moderate heat.
  • Place the hollowed bread in oven to crisp, 5 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together sherry vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, extra-virgin olive oil and garlic.
  • Place mushrooms in a shallow dish and pour marinade over the caps.
  • Turn caps in marinade and season with salt and pepper.
  • Let stand 10 minutes.
  • Prep your parsley and spinach.
  • Grill mushrooms 4 to 5 minutes on each side and remove to a cutting board a few at a time.
  • Thinly slice the mushrooms and transfer back to the dish you marinated them in and add parsley and spinach as you go, layering hot mushrooms with the herb and greens.
  • Once all the hot sliced mushrooms combine with the spinach, the greens will wilt up a bit.
  • Toss the salad and adjust the salt and pepper, to your taste.
  • Pile the salad into crispy bread and top with manchego cheese and red peppers of choice then set bread tops in place.