Garlic, Bacon, Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Bergy's Note:

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.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 6 mushroo ...

• 6 stuffing mushrooms
• 2 slices bacon, chopped and crisp fried
• 6 cloves garlic
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 ounces cheese, sliced
• 6 drops hot sauce (optional)
• baguette, sliced (optional)

Directions:

1. Crisp fry the bacon, drain well.
2. Drain bacon grease leaving a film of grease.
3. Remove stems from mushrooms& chop.
4. Clean& finely chop the garlic.
5. Place the mushrooms top side down and brown the caps apprx 2 minutes, flip and brown the edges 1 minute.
6. Place the mushrooms in an escargot dish or on an oven proof tray.
7. Brown the garlic& stem bits.
8. Evenly distribute the bacon/ garlic/mushroom bits between the caps.
9. If using hot sauce put in a drop or two.
10. Place apprx a tsp of butter on top and then a portion of cheese.
11. Broil until the cheese has melted and they are heated through apprx 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Queenofcamping]

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!!

[Kristiina]

Very good stuffed mushrooms. I used turkey bacon and cheddar jack cheese, and skipped the hot sauce and bread. Came out fabulous, thank you!

[Derf]

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!!