Chef Elliot Prag of the Natural Gourmet Institute shows Sunita Reed how to make shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon and bring out their Umami flavor. ROASTED, CRISP SHITAKES Ingredients: • 1⁄2 pound shitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced • 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil • 1 teaspoon sea salt Cooking instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 350°. 2. In a bowl combine the mushrooms, oil, and salt. 3. Spread mushrooms on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place in oven. 4. Roast mushrooms until dry and crisp, stirring about every 10 minutes, approximately 45 minutes to one hour. (Oven temperatures may vary.)