Bert Greene's Adult Egg Salad

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 large shallot, quartered
• 1 large wild mushroom, cap and steam coarsely chopped (shiitake, crimini, porcini)
• 1 tablespoon italian hard salami, chopped (such as sopressata)
• 6 eggs, hard cooked and chopped
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon green onion, chopped
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium-low heat.

2. 2

   Add the shallot and mushrooms and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Remove them from the skillet and finely chop.

3. 3

   Saute the minced salami in the same skillet until crisp, about 5 minutes.

4. 4

   In a bowl, combine the eggs, shallot, mushroom, salami, and any residual drippings from the skillet. Add the mayonnaise and green onion. Mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste.