Hot Mushroom and Bacon Dip

Submitted by Chrissyo

"I picked this recipe up at a "Tupperware" party many many years ago. This is my "guilt-free" dip because I figured that having crispy crunchy raw vegetables with it cancels out the high caloried bacon, cream cheese and sour cream. ;-)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 Dip
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 slices bacon
• 15 g butter
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 250 g mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 250 g cream cheese, chopped
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon dry sherry (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream

directions

1. Place bacon in shallow dish, cover with paper towel, cook on high in a microwave for 3 minutes or until bacon is crisp.
2. Remove bacon from the dish, then add the butter, onion and garlic to the dish, cook on high for 2 minutes.
3. Stir in the mushrooms, cook on high for another 2 minutes, then sprinkle the mushroom mixture with the flour.
4. Next, top the mushroom mixture and flour with the cream cheese, worcestershire sauce and dry sherry.
5. Cook on high for 5 minutes, stir halfway through this cooking time.
6. Stir in the sour cream and the chopped bacon.
7. Spoon into a serving dish.
8. Serve as a hot dip with raw vegetables such as sliced carrots, capsicum, beans and celery.

Reviews

[JustJanS]

The neighbours came to dinner tonight, and they said this was a 5. It was so yummy. The only thing I changed was the amount of flour-only used 2 teaspoons. We thought this would make a GREAT sauce over steak or chiken, a baked potato, or as a dip served in a bread shell. Also thought you could add capsicum or corn or spring onions. It's fantastic as is but has heaps of other possibilities.

 

[mummamills]

made this for my nephews engagement party in Sydney. Did the whole lot in a frypan, added mjore sour cream and some shredded cheese and put it in a cob loaf, baked an hour, was wonderful :)

 

[Chickee]

I made this for our cocktail party, but since there were a few vegetarians I made it vegetarian by omitting the bacon and substituting some corn and some vegemite (for the salt). I'm not sure whether it was this substitution which made it taste a little odd... anyway I fixed it by adding 1/4 packet french onion soup, some Tabasco and about 3/4 cup of tasty cheese. It was quite thick as it cooled, perhaps too much flour? But everyone liked it! Capsicum would be nice in it too. I served it in a hot cob loaf with some bread and veggies.

 

[PetsRus]

Great as a dip but like Jan mentions in her review it would also make a great sauce. I also used less flour, I did use the optional sherry and that gave it a nice flavor, that flavor was even more lifted when the bacon and sour cream was added. The only thing I did different was that I crisped up the bacon in the frying pan, not in the micro wave. Served as suggested with cruchy vegetables...thanks!!