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Mushrooms Vegetables Lunch / Dinner Salads

Rocket mushroom salad

Published: 10.10.2014 » Last updated: 08.26.2022

No, nothing explodes nor lifts off in this salad. Rocket is another name for arugula, Eruca vesicaria, my favorite salad vegetable.

Rocket mushroom salad

The British, Australians, Irish and New Zealanders call it rocket; Americans and Canadians call it arugula. If you’re scratching your head wondering how English speaking people can have such different names for the same vegetable, read on.

Rocket comes from the Italian Ruchetta or rucola, short for the Latin word eruca. Strangely enough, arugula is also derived from rucola. I can’t decide whether rocket or arugula sounds more like rucola.

Rocket, however, has been in use longer than arugula which did not appear in the American English vocabulary until 1960 when food writer Craig Claiborne wrote about the confusion over the names of the salad vegetable in an article in The New York Times.

So, if you want to make a salad withEruca vesicaria, ask for rocket if you’re shopping in Britain, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland and ask for arugula if you’re in the United States or Canada.

Full recipe below

Rocket mushroom salad

Connie Veneracion
Button mushrooms pan-fried in butter are tossed with rocket (arugula) and nuts, dressed with honey balsamic vinaigrette, and garnished with shaved cheese in this summery rocket and mushroom salad.
Rocket mushroom salad
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine International
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 to 3 button mushrooms - sliced
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1 tiny pinch grated garlic
  • 1 handful rocket (arugula) - rinsed and spun dry
  • 1 small small sweet onion - thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon roasted nuts - any kind of nut
  • paper-thin slices cheese - any good cheese is fine

Instructions
 

  • Heat a pan and add the butter.
  • When the butter sizzles, add the mushrooms in a single layer. Cook over high heat until lightly browned, flipping them over midway through the cooking.
  • Sprinkle in a bit of salt and pepper and toss.
  • Scoop out, transfer to a plate and cool while you make the honey-balsamic dressing.
  • To make the dressing, stir together the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey and garlic with a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • To assemble the salad, in a mixing bowl, toss the rocket, mushrooms and onions with the honey balsamic dressing.
  • Transfer the tossed salad to a plate, sprinkle the nuts over it then add shaved cheese.
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Keyword Cheese, Mushrooms

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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

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