Herb Stuffed Mushrooms
Herb Stuffed Mushrooms are so simple to prepare, yet give your dinner table a real WOW factor. You can of course use any type of mushroom you wish, however, I prefer to use the open portobello variety because to me they have such lovely meaty texture, where as some other types tend to go a little soggy during cooking.
The topping can be fairly flexible, I tend to use whatever I have around at the time to go with the breadcrumbs and chopped parsley, such as a little chopped tomato, red pepper, crispy streaky bacon, cheese, etc.
This is a recipe my mother made whenever we brought mushroom back from the fields. We did not of course have an oven as everything was prepared on an open fire outside, we did however possess a Dutch Oven, which is a heavy cast iron pot with a heavy tight fitting lid.
Herb Stuffed Mushrooms
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Ingredients
- 700 g mushrooms open button type, I use Portobello
- 175g g Sausage Meat
- ½ medium onion finely chopped
- ½ tsp thyme dried. if fresh 1 tsp
- ½ clove garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbls parsley finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf if dried crumbled, if fresh finely chopped
- pinch dried tarragon
- 4 tbls olive oil
For the Topping
- 25 g breadcrumbs fine, dried
- 10 g parsley finely chopped
DISCLAIMER
I recommend using the Metric measurements (instead of cups & spoons) for more accuracy and better results.
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 190ºC non fan/gas 5Wipe the mushrooms clean and trim away the dirty stalk ends. Pull out the stems to avoid damaging the caps.
- Chop the stems finely and combine with the sausage meat, finely chopped onion, garlic and herbs. Mix well and season with salt & freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat 1 tbls of the olive oil in a heavy pan over medium heat. Add the sausage meat mixture and cook for 5 minutes, blending it with a fir until it's lightly browned. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Divide the stuffing equally among the mushroom caps, smoothing the tops. Mix together the breadcrumbs and parsley and sprinkle on the surface of the stuffing.
- Put the remaining oil in a baking dish and arrange the mushrooms in a single layer. Place the dish in the oven and cook for 15 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender. If necessary you can brown the tops a little more under a hot gril for a few moments. Sever immediately.
Category: Cuisine, Meals for 1 or 2, Recipes, Vegetarian,, Vegan & Free From
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