Stuffed baked mushrooms

The wonderful dish of stuffed mushrooms makes an excellent starter for a dinner.  Alternatively, it can be served as an interesting and tasty tapas dish.

Preparation Time: 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 20 Mins

Total Time: 35 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

12                  Mushrooms  - 5 cm wide         

1 tbs               Lemon juice            

10 gms            Butter  - melted       

For the filling

                     Stems from the mushrooms  - chopped finely        

1 bunch            Spring onions  - chopped finely 

1 clove             Garlic  - chopped finely          

1 tbs               Olive oil     

10 gms            Butter       

40 gms            Walnuts  - chopped roughly     

110 gms           Spinach  - cooked     

60 gms            Feta cheese

30 gms            Cheddar    

½ tbs              Dill  - chopped         

10 grinds          Pepper  - freshly ground, black  

½ tsp              Salt          

Method

Remove the stems from the mushrooms and chop up them.

To make the fillings…

Sauté the spring onions, garlic and mushroom stems slowly in the olive oil and butter until softened and golden.  Then add the walnuts and toss for 1 minute.  Add the spinach and cook for 2 minutes, stirring well - until no liquid remains in the pan.  Turn into a bowl and stir in the cheeses, dill, salt and pepper.

To prepare and cook the mushrooms.

Brush the top of the mushrooms with the mixed lemon juice and butter.  Divide the filling between them, mounding it well, then place them side by side in a buttered baking tin.

Bake in a hot oven at 200°C for 10 minutes so that the fillings are heated through the tops are brown.

Wine recommendations

An aromatic white wine is preferred.

Conventional

     Vouvray sec

Interesting

     Côtes du Rhône blanc

     Lirac blanc

     Pinot Gris

Adventurous

     Fino Sherry

     Vouvray Méthode Traditionnelle