Raw Mushroom Dip

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Understand, this is a recipe MADE WITH raw mushrooms, rather than a recipe FOR mushrooms! The original of the recipe came from the Sunset Ideas for Cooking Vegetables, 1973. Preparation times does not include time needed to chill."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 1/2 cups
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup sour cream
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon tarragon
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon green onion, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups mushrooms, finely chopped (about 1/4 lb)

directions

1. In small bowl, mix together cream cheese, sour cream, salt, tarragon, garlic & onion.
2. Add mushrooms & stir until well blended.
3. Chill at least 2 hours before serving with sturdy chips or crackers.

Reviews

[Glenn S.]

The only way it could be easier is if one bought it. Food stuff, for sure!

 

[chefmick]

made this, this morning and is now chilling in the fridge until movie time tonight. Gave it the ol' quality control taste test and almost ate the whole thing. I have a thing about raw onions so I sweated them in a tbs of olive oil with a pinch of salt till they were soft. once cooled to room temp I added to the recipe. I am very pleased with the results. Thanks Syd. Made for 1-2-3 tag

 

[loof751]

Very tasty dip! I don't care for onions so left them out; I used lowfat sour cream and cream cheese with good results. I thought the tarragon really made this, great with the mushroom flavor. It really needs the chill time for the flavors to develop so don't leave that step out :) Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[SugarHATER]

Mike, I really loved this, even though I made a slimmed down version of it. Instead of cream cheese and sour cream, I used plain Greek yogurt. I also used fresh tarragon and elephant garlic (I LOVE garlic) I used chives, because I couldn't find green onion and the mushrooms I used were a mixture of crimini and shitaki. the result was: WOW! It was very easy to make too. This is going to be one of my "go-to" recipes for health snacking. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Lalaloula]

This is a very yummy dip! It is creamy, has great flavour and looks nice, too. The mushrooms really are the star of the show here, so make sure to buy fresh and tasty ones. I used all organic white champignons, which were really great for this. I thought the green onion and tarragon added a lovely flavour. I actually made this dip twice using sage in place of tarragon the second time and thought that was really yummy, too. THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this keeper with us, Syd! Made and reviewed for Veggie Swap #23 June 2010 and Herb of the Month in the French Forum-Tarragon.