Stuffed Mushrooms

Stuffed Mushrooms

From   Tea Time

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 20 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Main Course

Type: Fusion

Mushrooms stuffed with a flavourful spinach and cheese mixture and baked

Ingredients

  • Lage mushrooms 12
  • Spinach, blanched 200 gms
  • Garlic 2 to 3 cloves
  • Medium onion ½
  • Butter 30 gms
  • Salt to taste
  • Black peppercorns, crushed to taste
  • Nutmeg powder 3 gms
  • Double cream herb cheese 100 gms
  • Breadcrumbs 20 gms
  • Emmental cheese 20 gms
  • Vegetable stock (optional) ½ cup
  • Fresh red chillies, cut into diamonds 2 to garnish

Methods

  • Chop the spinach and chop garlic and onion.
  • Melt butter in a non-stick pan, add garlic and onion and saute till translucent. Add spinach, salt, crushed peppercorns and nutmeg powder and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 170º C. Remove the stalks of the mushrooms.
  • Add cream herb cheese and breadcrumbs to spinach mixture and mix. Check for seasoning.
  • Sprinkle the insides of the mushroom heads with a little salt and crushed peppercorns, stuff them with the spinach mixture and keep them in a casserole dish. Sprinkle grated Emmental cheese over each one.
  • Pour vegetable stock (if using) into the casserole dish. Keep the dish in the preheated oven and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.
  • Take the casserole out of the oven, garnish with red chilli diamonds and serve hot.