Buckwheat with Shiitake Mushrooms and Thyme Recipe by Mangia

Buckwheat is in the same plant family as rhubarb, which is grown for its stalks. Buckwheat, on the other hand, is for its seeds and is cultivated in grown countries where the soil is too poor and the climate too cold for other cereals to The whole grains can be boiled grow.

like rice or baked in sweet puddings. Buckwheat flour figures in the wonderful Russian pancakes called blini.

Here the grain is toasted, paired with shiitake mushrooms, and glossed with porcini oil. This fragrant oil really makes the salad; there is no substitute for it in this recipe.