New Years Appetizer Recipes: Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

 

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Ingredients:

Yields 24 mushrooms

24 gourmet mushroom caps (stems cut off; set aside brushed with a damp towel)

1 tablespoon Extra-virgin olive oil

Pepper

Salt

For Stuffing:

3/4 pound Sweet bulk Italian sausage

3 slices White bread, toasted, buttered, and chopped into small pieces

20 Mushroom stems, finely chopped

1 10 oz. box Frozen spinach, defrosted, squeezed dry, and finely chopped

1 rib Leafy part of celery and green, finely chopped)

½ red bell pepper small sized; seeded; finely chopped

4 cloves Garlic, finely chopped

½ small onion, finely chopped

1/3 cup grated Romano or Parmigiano cheese

1 1/2 teaspoons Extra-virgin olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Take a large frying pan and heat it over medium-high heat. Pour extra-virgin olive oil and add mushroom caps into it. Then, add pepper and salt for seasoning the mushrooms.
3. Saute the mushroom caps until they turn light brown and their edges become tender or for 5 to 7 minutes. Turn the caps up so that the juices get drained away from them.
4. Take a nonstick baking sheet and place the caps there. Clean the frying pan and heat it again over medium-high heat.
5. Heat extra-virgin olive oil to the frying pan and add sausage into it. Cook for 3 minutes or until the sausage becomes brown and crumble.
6. Take a food processor and pulse to chop garlic cloves, mushroom stems, red bell pepper, onion, and celery gradually.
7. Add this vegetable mixture into the frying pan and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes. Keep the heat at medium-high level. Put spinach into the mixture and gradually add bread and cheese. Cook and occasionally toss the stuffing for 2 to 3 minutes or until the bread is soggy and all the ingredients start sticking together. Stop the heat.
8. Use a spoon to fill the caps with stuffing. Now, transfer the caps to the preheated oven and reduce the heat to 400°F. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes. The baking will set the stuffing inside the caps and make the stuffing edges crisp.
9. Serve the stuffed mushrooms hot!

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These stuffed mushrooms are meant to be a hit either you make them on the Christmas Eve or serve as a New Years Party dish or for your next party into the New Year! You can also use the leftover stuffing in your next day’s breakfast burritos and to stuff pork chops that you might like to try on a nice evening.

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