Recipes

Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms
  • Ingredients
  • 18 large mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup capers
  • 2 tablespoons Garlic Chive Pesto (page 36)
  • 2 tablespoons sherry
  • 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
  • 1/4 cup grated Swiss cheese
  • 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter
  • 1 tablespoon grated Swiss cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
Directions
  1. Wash mushrooms and trim bottoms of the stems
  2. Carefully break the stems out of the caps and finely chop the stems. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saute pan, and saute the capers and chopped mushroom stems for 3 to 4 minutes, until slightly soft. Add the pesto and the sherry
  3. Simmer for approximately 2 minutes, until the sherry has reduced by half
  4. Place in a ceramic mixing bowl and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Add the fresh bread crumbs, parsley, and the cheeses to the pesto mixture
  5. Add cream and stir gently
  6. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Brush the outside of the mushroom caps with melted butter and mound the stuffing lightly in the center
  7. Place close together in a shallow baking dish
  8. Top with the remaining 1 tablespoon grated Swiss cheese and a few pieces of sun-dried tomato and drizzle the caps with the remaining melted butter
  9. Bake uncovered at 375 ?F
  10. for 15 minutes
  11. Turn up oven to broil for the last 5 minutes, so tops of mushrooms get slightly brown and crunchy


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