Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
Servings: 4
Total Time: 20 minutes prep 20 minutes cooking
Ingredients
20 jumbo white mushrooms, stems removed but reserved
1/2 pound sausage
1 1/2 cups mushroom stems rough chopped
1/2 cup yellow onion, small dice
4 oz cream cheese, softened
pinch black pepper
pinch granulated garlic
1 large slice hearty white bread, torn into 1-2 inch pieces
1/2 tsp oil
pinch herbs de Provence
Directions
1. In a 12 inch non-stick pan brown the sausage.
2. Add the chopped mushroom stems and onion and cook 5 minutes or until very tender. Add a teaspoon of cooking oil if the pan is too dry.
3. In the meantime arrange your mushroom caps on a baking sheet space about 1/2 inch apart.
4. Prepare your breadcrumbs: place the torn bread, oil and herbs de Provence in a food processor and pulse until it resembles wet sand. Set aside for later use.
5. Once the liquid is cooked out of the mushroom mixture transfer it to a medium bowl and allow to cool 5 minutes.
6. Add the cream cheese, black pepper and granulated garlic to the bowl with the cooled mushroom mixture. Beat with a heavy spoon until well incorporated.
7. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
8. Spoon the mushroom mixture into the mushrooms evenly.
9. Top each filled mushroom with about 1/2 tsp of breadcrumbs.
10. Bake 20 minutes or until browned, If not browned after 20 minutes broil them for 5 minutes.
11. Enjoy!
2. Add the chopped mushroom stems and onion and cook 5 minutes or until very tender. Add a teaspoon of cooking oil if the pan is too dry.
3. In the meantime arrange your mushroom caps on a baking sheet space about 1/2 inch apart.
4. Prepare your breadcrumbs: place the torn bread, oil and herbs de Provence in a food processor and pulse until it resembles wet sand. Set aside for later use.
5. Once the liquid is cooked out of the mushroom mixture transfer it to a medium bowl and allow to cool 5 minutes.
6. Add the cream cheese, black pepper and granulated garlic to the bowl with the cooled mushroom mixture. Beat with a heavy spoon until well incorporated.
7. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
8. Spoon the mushroom mixture into the mushrooms evenly.
9. Top each filled mushroom with about 1/2 tsp of breadcrumbs.
10. Bake 20 minutes or until browned, If not browned after 20 minutes broil them for 5 minutes.
11. Enjoy!
Notes/Tips
You can use saltine crackers in place of the bread too.