Polish Zapiekanka with Mushrooms
Zapiekanka is a Polish street food and can be made with variety of ingredients, mushroom being the most common one.
Ingredients
- 1/2 of baguette cut in half length-wise
- 2 cups of sliced mushrooms in this recipe we used baby bella, but you can use any mushroom you like
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon of oil to fry mushrooms
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- Ketchup OPTIONAL for serving
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F.
- Fry the mushrooms an onions om medium heat for 10 minutes in a tablespoon of oil. Adding the oregano halfway through frying.
- Prepare baguette by taking some of the crumb out making a "gully" of sort where you will place your mushroom mix.
- Place the fried mushroom mix on top of your baguette, sprinkle with the shredded cheese and bake for about 10 minutes at 375°F.
Notes
Zapiekanki is considered student snack in Poland. You can prepare and freeze dozen or so ahead of time (minus the baking step) and bake whenever you feel like it. Add about 5 minutes when making them from frozen.