Cheese Toasts With Mushrooms, Miso & Honey

Name: Cheese Toasts With Mushrooms, Miso & Honey
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil; 2 teaspoon white or chickpea miso; 1 teaspoon honey; 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce; Extra-virgin olive oil, for sautéing; 4 ounce hen-of-the-woods (maitake) mushrooms, sliced into steaks, or oyster mushrooms, base trimmed, mushrooms pulled from their cluster; Kosher salt; 2 slices sourdough bread; 2 ounce (¼ wheel) St. Stephen cheese (or another triple-cream cheese), at room temperature; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoon chopped curly parsley

Instructions

When I crave sustenance that is speedy and delicious, these toasts come to the rescue. The washed-rind, creamy cheese is a lush foil to meaty mushrooms. I dreamed up the sweet-savory dressing while thinking of a couple things: cheese and honey as a pairing, and how miso echoes the mushrooms’ umami. And who doesn’t love a good toast? It’s the perfect vehicle for all of it. I’ve loved triple-cream cheeses for a long time, and this is definitely one of my new favorite ways to use it.

Updated at: Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:52:57 GMT