Garlic, Bacon, Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
"These are so good, you may omit the butter but it is lovely to sop up the sauce with a bit of baguette. Use real bacon. I often use small Portabello mushrooms but either white, portabello or any mushroom typs large enough to hold the stuffing. Try using escargot bakers to hold the mushrooms this way you don't lose any of the sauce. Serve right in the escargot pan. If you don't have escargot pans just bake them on a tray or small oven proof dish -see picture. Make as many as you wish just allow 1 clove garlic for each mushroom. If serving as an appetizer/first course allow 5-6 mushrooms per person depending on the size of the mushrooms. If serving as a side dish to Brunch etc allow 2-3 per person."
photo by Derf2440
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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6 mushroom caps
ingredients
directions
- Crisp fry the bacon, drain well.
- Drain bacon grease leaving a film of grease.
- Remove stems from mushrooms& chop.
- Clean& finely chop the garlic.
- Place the mushrooms top side down and brown the caps apprx 2 minutes, flip and brown the edges 1 minute.
- Place the mushrooms in an escargot dish or on an oven proof tray.
- Brown the garlic& stem bits.
- Evenly distribute the bacon/ garlic/mushroom bits between the caps.
- If using hot sauce put in a drop or two.
- Place apprx a tsp of butter on top and then a portion of cheese.
- Broil until the cheese has melted and they are heated through apprx 10 minutes.
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Reviews
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These were really good. In fact, the best that I have tried at home and I have tried many. I browned the mushroom tops almost crispy. I did add a small amount of bread crumbs to the bacon mixture. YUMMY!! -
Very good stuffed mushrooms. I used turkey bacon and cheddar jack cheese, and skipped the hot sauce and bread. Came out fabulous, thank you! -
A wonderful tasty appetizer!! I used panchetta for the bacon, which made them a wee bit salty but good anyway and the bit of hot sauce gave a nice zing! Thanks Bergy for sharing a goodie!! -
This was a great recipe - I used it several times over the holidays and it was a great hit! I even made them "vegetarian" without the bacon for friends who are vegetarians.
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I love these mushrooms. I also make them other ways, stuffing mix with shredded cheese and onions, or sometimes I stuff them with spinich artichokes and cream cheese. These are wonderful appetizers or nice along with a great steak!
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Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
I feel very privileged to be one of the hosts on the Photo Forum. Taking photos of my culinary efforts is a full time hobby and I love it. My friends all know what to expect when they come to dinner "Are you finished taking pictures?" or "Did you get a photo of so & so?" I never let them wait too long and the food is NEVER cold! I now have over 6000 photos on Zaar - some fairly good and some definitely not so good. I am happy to say that practice does help.
My roots are in Vancouver BC Canada - a very beautiful city that holds many wonderful memories for me. In 1990, I decided that for my retirement years I may want to settle in a smaller community and found a slice of heaven in the North Okanagan B.C. I love living here but every once in a while I miss the bright city lights, the Broadway shows and some of the small wonderful ethnic restaurants that Vancouver abounds in. That is easily resolved. I just take a trip to the coast, visit with friends for a weekend see a show and feast on Dim Sum or other specialty foods.
I am getting a bit long in the tooth but was a very adventurous person. I have river rafted Hell's Gate on the Fraser river, been up in a glider over Hawaii (no not a Hang Glider!), gone hot air ballooning in the Napa Valley & the Fraser Valley, driven dune buggies on the dunes in Oregon, Para sailing in Mexico and tried many other adventurous, challenging, fun things. I have yet to try bungee jumping or sky diving. I may do them yet. I love to travel and experience other cultures. Mexco has been a favorite haunt. I have visited that lovely country many many times. Australia is another favorite as is England!
In the past 16 months I have taken off 61 pounds and feel wonderful. I am off all medications and all systems are GO! In years I may be 79 but in spirit I am still in my forties. We are only as old as we allow ourselves to feel. Always think positive. Do something a bit challenging every day & always do something silly every day. Be a kid again! Laugh every day - it is internal jogging.
Here are a few of my photos
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