Lion's Mane Jammy Sammy
Ingredients:
Cook time: 30 minutes | Makes 2 servings
1 lb of lion’s mane mushrooms
4 pieces of sourdough bread
5 ripe roma tomatoes
½ cup roasted cashews
1 cup boiling water
5 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp vegan butter
2 tbsp neutral oil (I used avocado)
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp garlic powder
2 tbsp cumin powder
1 tsp cinnamon
½ cup of sugar (I used lakanto monkfruit)
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp lemon juice or the juice of half a lemon
1 handful of spinach
Directions:
To a bowl, add your cashews and boiling hot water then cover with a plate to let it soak.
Wash and dice your tomatoes. To a pot, add the tomatoes at medium heat along with ½ cup of sugar, 1 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tbsp cumin powder, 1 tsp of salt, and 1 tbsp of lemon juice. Allow the mixture to render down until all the watery liquid is dissolved. You can allow the jam to simmer until it’s reached the desired jammy consistency.
In the meantime, use a damp paper towel to gently rub off any dirt from the lion’s mane mushrooms. DO NOT WASH YOUR LION’S MANE MUSHROOMS OR IT WILL BECOME SOGGY.
Slice your mushroom into inch thick pieces. On a pan or cast iron skillet, add your vegan butter on medium to high heat and allow it to melt all over.
Once the pan is heated up, place your lion’s mane slices flat on the pan to sear undisturbed for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp garlic powder, and 1 tbsp cumin powder before flipping over to sear the other side for another 5 minutes. The mushrooms should develop a dark brown color. Remove from heat once it’s cooked.
To that same pan or another pan, add 2 tbsp of oil on medium heat. Once the pan feels hot (waver your hand over the pan to feel its heat), add your garlic cloves and reduce the heat slightly. Allow the oil to cook the garlic until it’s browned on all sides. Be careful not to burn the garlic cloves!
Into a blender, add the garlic cloves with the garlic oil you just cooked with, your soaked cashews with the reserved water, and 1 tsp of salt. Blend until smooth.
Assemble your sandwich by adding your bread first, then either of the sauces (the garlic cashew cream or the tomato jam). Next, add your spinach, cooked mushrooms, and remaining sauce on the other piece of bread. Place together, slice in the middle, and enjoy!